37347 lines
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37347 lines
739 KiB
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{
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"diagnose":{
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"to find out or establish the identity of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Experts have introduced new technology for diagnosing certain types of cancer in their early stages."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"diagram":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"something that visually explains or decorates a text":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the explanation of the process of photosynthesis is accompanied by a very useful diagram"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"art",
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"artwork",
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"drawing",
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"illumination",
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"image",
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"pictogram",
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"pictograph",
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"picture",
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"caption",
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"key",
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"legend",
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"inset",
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"depiction",
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"pictorialization",
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"portrait",
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"portrayal",
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"representation",
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"clarification",
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"elucidation",
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"explanation",
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"explication",
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"exposition"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"figure",
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"graphic",
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"illustration",
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"plate",
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"visual"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dialogs":{
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"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"calling for an international dialogue on human rights"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bull sessions",
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"chat rooms",
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"forums",
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"fora",
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"meetings",
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"roundtables",
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"round tables",
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"seminars",
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"skull sessions",
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"skull practices",
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"symposia",
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"symposiums",
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"talkathons",
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"chats",
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"conversations",
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"raps",
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"words",
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"discourses",
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"disquisitions",
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"consultancies",
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"negotiations",
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"pourparlers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"argumentations",
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"arguments",
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"argy-bargies",
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"back-and-forths",
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"colloquies",
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"confabs",
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"confabulations",
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"conferences",
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"consultations",
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"consults",
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"councils",
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"counsel",
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"debates",
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"deliberations",
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"discussions",
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"give-and-takes",
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"palavers",
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"parleys",
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"talks"
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]
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},
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"talking or a talk between two or more people":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"coworkers having a short dialogue about politics at the watercooler before heading back to work"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"banters",
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"chaff",
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"cross fires",
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"give-and-takes",
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"persiflages",
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"railleries",
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"repartees",
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"conferences",
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"parleys",
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"babbles",
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"chatter",
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"chin-wag",
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"chitchats",
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"confabulations",
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"gabfests",
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"gossip",
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"natters",
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"palavers",
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"prates",
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"prattles",
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"raps",
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"small talk",
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"table talk",
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"round-robins",
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"roundtables",
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"round tables",
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"symposia",
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"symposiums",
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"debates",
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"deliberations"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chats",
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"colloquies",
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"conversations",
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"converses",
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"discourses",
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"discussions",
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"exchanges"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"diamond":{
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"someone or something that is highly valued or admired":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"With her rare all-round talent for sports, she was a diamond of a player."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to make more attractive by or as if by adding diamonds":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"The ballroom soon filled with diamonded guests ready to dance."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"diary":{
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"a record of personal experiences, reflections, or ideas kept regularly for private use":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"has diligently kept a diary since she was 15"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"itinerary",
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"blog",
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"Weblog",
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"log",
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"logbook"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"daybook",
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"journal"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"diaspora":{
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"a group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors lived \u2014 usually singular":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the art of the African diaspora"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"diasporas":{
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"a group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors lived \u2014 usually singular":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the art of the African diaspora"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"dichotomize":{
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"as in dissect , subdivide":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dichromatic":{
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"as in two-tone , trichromatic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"dicing":{
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"to cut into small pieces":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"quickly diced some peppers and onions and threw them into the stew"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"chipping",
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"grating",
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"grinding",
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"kibbling",
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"mashing",
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"pureeing",
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"pur\u00e9eing",
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"slicing",
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"butchering",
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"carving",
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"dissecting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chopping",
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"hashing",
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"mincing"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dickered":{
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"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"they dickered over the price of the car for a few minutes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"argued",
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"bickered",
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"clashed",
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"fought",
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"hassled",
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"quarreled",
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"quarrelled",
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"quibbled",
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"squabbled",
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"wrangled",
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"comparison shopped",
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"shopped (around)",
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"bartered",
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"exchanged",
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"traded",
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"hawked",
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"peddled",
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"bought",
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"purchased"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bargained",
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"chaffered",
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"dealt",
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"haggled",
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"horse-traded",
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"negotiated",
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"paltered"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dickered (over)":{
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"as in exchanged (for) , dealt (for)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dickers (over)":{
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"as in exchanges (for) , deals (for)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"didactical":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"didactics":{
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"as in pedagogy , pedagogics":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"didacts":{
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"as in academics , academicians":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"diddling":{
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"to move or act slowly":{
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"antonyms":[
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"barreling",
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"barrelling",
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"bolting",
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"careering",
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"coursing",
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"dashing",
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"flying",
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"hastening",
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"hotfooting (it)",
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"hurrying",
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"racing",
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"ripping",
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"rocketing",
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"running",
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"rushing",
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"scooting",
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"scudding",
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"scurrying",
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"speeding",
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"tearing",
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"whirling",
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"whisking",
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"whizzing",
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"zipping"
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],
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"examples":[
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"even though the hurricane was fast approaching, federal and local politicians wasted precious time diddling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bowling",
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"breezing",
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"darting",
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"humping",
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"hurtling",
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"hustling",
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"scrambling",
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"stampeding",
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"galloping",
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"jogging",
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"running",
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"sprinting",
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"trotting",
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"accelerating",
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"quickening",
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"speeding (up)",
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"catching up",
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"fast-forwarding",
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"outpacing",
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"outrunning",
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"outstripping",
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"overtaking"
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],
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"related":[
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"fiddling (around)",
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"fooling around",
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"messing around",
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"monkeying (around)",
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"playing",
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"pottering (around)",
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"puttering (around)",
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"trifling",
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"hanging (around or out)",
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"idling",
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"loafing",
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"lolling",
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"lounging",
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"ambling",
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"easing",
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"inching",
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"lumbering",
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"plodding",
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"sauntering",
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"shuffling",
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"staggering",
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"strolling",
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"decelerating",
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"slowing (down or up)",
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"filibustering",
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"procrastinating",
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"stalling",
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"temporizing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawling",
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"creeping",
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"dallying",
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"dawdling",
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"delaying",
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"dillydallying",
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"dragging",
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"lagging",
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"lingering",
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"loitering",
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"lollygagging",
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"lallygagging",
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"moping",
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"poking",
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"shilly-shallying",
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"tarrying"
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]
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},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"an unscrupulous Broadway producer diddles little old ladies by persuading them to invest in a surefire flop"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"extorting",
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"wrenching",
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"wresting",
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"wringing",
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"clipping",
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"gouging",
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"nicking",
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"overcharging",
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"soaking",
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"exploiting",
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"milking",
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"deceiving",
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"duping",
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"fooling",
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"gulling",
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"tricking",
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"roping (in)",
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"betraying",
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"bitching",
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"double-crossing",
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"bamboozling",
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"fast-talking"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beating",
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"bilking",
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"bleeding",
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"cheating",
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"chiseling",
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"chiselling",
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"chousing",
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"conning",
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"cozening",
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"defrauding",
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"doing",
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"doing in",
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"euchring",
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"fiddling",
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"fleecing",
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"flimflamming",
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"gaffing",
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"hosing",
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"hustling",
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"mulcting",
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"nobbling",
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"plucking",
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"reaming",
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"ripping off",
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"rooking",
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"screwing",
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"shaking down",
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"shortchanging",
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"shorting",
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"skinning",
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"skunking",
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"squeezing",
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"sticking",
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"stiffing",
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"stinging",
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"suckering",
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"swindling",
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"thimblerigging",
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"victimizing"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"die (away":{
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accumulate",
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"balloon",
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"build",
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"burgeon",
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"bourgeon",
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"enlarge",
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"escalate",
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"expand",
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"grow",
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"increase",
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"intensify",
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"mount",
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"mushroom",
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"pick up",
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"rise",
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"snowball",
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"soar",
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"swell",
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"wax"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[
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"appear",
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"emerge",
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"show up",
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"blow up",
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"distend",
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"elongate",
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"lengthen"
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],
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"related":[
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"compress",
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"condense",
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"constrict",
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"contract",
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"evaporate",
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"fade (away)",
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"fritter (away)",
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"give out",
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"melt (away)",
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"peter (out)",
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"tail (off)",
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"vanish",
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"slacken",
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"slow (down)",
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"alleviate",
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"relax",
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"flag",
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"sink",
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"weaken",
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"cave (in)",
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"collapse",
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"deflate"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abate",
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"de-escalate",
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"decline",
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"decrease",
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"diminish",
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"drain (away)",
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"drop (off)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"die (down)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"die (for)":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd die for some ice cream right now"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"spurn"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spoil (for)",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ache (for)",
|
|
"covet",
|
|
"crave",
|
|
"desiderate",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hanker (for or after)",
|
|
"hunger (for)",
|
|
"itch (for)",
|
|
"jones (for)",
|
|
"long (for)",
|
|
"lust (for or after)",
|
|
"pant (after)",
|
|
"pine (for)",
|
|
"repine (for)",
|
|
"salivate (for)",
|
|
"sigh (for)",
|
|
"thirst (for)",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"yearn (for)",
|
|
"yen (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"died (away or down or out)":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"lengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained (away)",
|
|
"dropped (off)",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"fell away",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"phased down",
|
|
"ratcheted (down)",
|
|
"racheted (down)",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"differently abled":{
|
|
"deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"abled",
|
|
"nondisabled",
|
|
"unimpaired"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"won a gold metal in the Paralympics, an international Olympic competition for the differently abled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"special-needs",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"quadriplegic",
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immobilized",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"hard of hearing",
|
|
"mute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impaired"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"difficult":{
|
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"difficult questions on the exam that required analytical thinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"user-friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a difficult situation when two of your friends are quarreling and you're trying to stay out of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"unproblematic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"scabrous",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"discommoding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"tricksy",
|
|
"tricky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"difficulty":{
|
|
"a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only difficulty I have with the dress is its color\u2014does it come in anything besides purple?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"obedience"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"distrustfulness",
|
|
"dubiety",
|
|
"dubitation",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"indetermination",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"mistrustfulness",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"unwillingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"demur",
|
|
"demurral",
|
|
"demurrer",
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"expostulation",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"remonstrance",
|
|
"stink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the many difficulties that he encountered on the road from poor orphan to head of a major corporation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"opportunity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"misfortune",
|
|
"mishap",
|
|
"tragedy",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"pons asinorum",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"hump"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adversity",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"hardship",
|
|
"rigor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a minor difficulty when we realized that the store had already closed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"ramification",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"technicality",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complicacy",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"intricacy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"variance of opinion on a matter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"consensus",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"unanimity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the theologian's ongoing difficulties with the Vatican"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"confliction",
|
|
"disaccord",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissonance",
|
|
"apartness",
|
|
"divarication",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"kickup",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"set-to"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contestation",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"disputation",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissensus",
|
|
"firestorm",
|
|
"nonconcurrence"
|
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]
|
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}
|
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},
|
|
"diffidence":{
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking confidence or assertiveness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He met the girl's gaze with awkward diffidence ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diffident":{
|
|
"not comfortable around people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"outgoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for someone who makes a living performing for other people, the actress is remarkably diffident in real life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"lone-wolf",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"self-effacing",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dig":{
|
|
"a quick thrust":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave him a dig in the ribs with my elbow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"nudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"lunge",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"check out my new digs on the north side of town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bed-sitter",
|
|
"bedsit",
|
|
"bed-sitting-room",
|
|
"cohousing",
|
|
"condo",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"duplex apartment",
|
|
"efficiency",
|
|
"efficiency apartment",
|
|
"flatlet",
|
|
"floor-through",
|
|
"garden apartment",
|
|
"granny flat",
|
|
"maisonette",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"railroad flat",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"studio",
|
|
"studio apartment",
|
|
"triplex",
|
|
"walk-up",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"apartment building",
|
|
"apartment house",
|
|
"tenement house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"tenement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got in a couple of digs about lawyers at my friend's expense"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can you dig what I'm saying?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehend",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misperceive",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"fathom",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"cognize",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"cotton (to or on to)",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grok",
|
|
"intuit",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hollow out or form (something) by removing earth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a backhoe dug a hole in the backyard to make a swimming pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill (in)",
|
|
"smooth (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dredge",
|
|
"burrow",
|
|
"claw",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"scoop",
|
|
"spade",
|
|
"delve",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"quarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"shovel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I really dig bluegrass music"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"eat (up)",
|
|
"feast (on)",
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"cotton (to)",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"indulge (in)",
|
|
"luxuriate (in)",
|
|
"wallow (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"get off (on)",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"rejoice (in)",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every time I slowed down, he'd dig me in the ribs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"propel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"spur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"digested":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this volume digests the state's laws regarding drugs and alcohol for easy reference by local authorities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"misclassified",
|
|
"missorted",
|
|
"mis-sorted",
|
|
"mistyped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"alphabetized",
|
|
"cataloged",
|
|
"catalogued",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"indexed",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"pigeonholed",
|
|
"shelved",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"winnowed",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"colligated",
|
|
"recategorized",
|
|
"reclassified",
|
|
"regrouped",
|
|
"subcategorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"compartmentalized",
|
|
"compartmented",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"ranked",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"typed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I digested the results of my experiments into a few pages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"elaborated (on or upon)",
|
|
"enlarged (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"decocted",
|
|
"essentialized",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"boiled down",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"recapitulated",
|
|
"recapped",
|
|
"reprised",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up",
|
|
"synopsized",
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"digestif":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"digesting":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this volume digests the state's laws regarding drugs and alcohol for easy reference by local authorities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"misclassifying",
|
|
"missorting",
|
|
"mis-sorting",
|
|
"mistyping"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"alphabetizing",
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"indexing",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"pigeonholing",
|
|
"shelving",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"sieving",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"winnowing",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"colligating",
|
|
"recategorizing",
|
|
"reclassifying",
|
|
"regrouping",
|
|
"subcategorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorting",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"classing",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"compartmentalizing",
|
|
"compartmenting",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"grading",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"relegating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"typing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I digested the results of my experiments into a few pages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"elaborating (on or upon)",
|
|
"enlarging (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"supplementing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"decocting",
|
|
"essentializing",
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"boiling down",
|
|
"briefing",
|
|
"encapsulating",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"recapitulating",
|
|
"recapping",
|
|
"reprising",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up",
|
|
"synopsizing",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"digging":{
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can you dig what I'm saying?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehending",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misperceiving",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"fathoming",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"cognizing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"cottoning (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"grokking",
|
|
"intuiting",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"savvying",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"twigging",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hollow out or form (something) by removing earth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a backhoe dug a hole in the backyard to make a swimming pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"filling (in)",
|
|
"smoothing (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dredging",
|
|
"burrowing",
|
|
"clawing",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"scooping",
|
|
"spading",
|
|
"delving",
|
|
"mining",
|
|
"quarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excavating",
|
|
"shoveling",
|
|
"shovelling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I really dig bluegrass music"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"drinking (in)",
|
|
"eating (up)",
|
|
"feasting (on)",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"cottoning (to)",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"indulging (in)",
|
|
"luxuriating (in)",
|
|
"wallowing (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"getting off (on)",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"rejoicing (in)",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every time I slowed down, he'd dig me in the ribs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"perforating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"puncturing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"haling",
|
|
"propelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"spurring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"digging up":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"mislaying",
|
|
"misplacing",
|
|
"missetting",
|
|
"mis-setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"looking for",
|
|
"searching (for or out)",
|
|
"seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"digging out",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"dredging (up)",
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunting (down or up)",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"routing (out)",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"scouting (up)",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diggings":{
|
|
"a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while at Oxford, his diggings were the envy of all the other undergraduates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bed-sitter",
|
|
"bedsit",
|
|
"bed-sitting-room",
|
|
"cohousing",
|
|
"condo",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"duplex apartment",
|
|
"efficiency",
|
|
"efficiency apartment",
|
|
"flatlet",
|
|
"floor-through",
|
|
"garden apartment",
|
|
"granny flat",
|
|
"maisonette",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"railroad flat",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"studio",
|
|
"studio apartment",
|
|
"triplex",
|
|
"walk-up",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"apartment building",
|
|
"apartment house",
|
|
"tenement house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"tenement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place where one lives":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hasn't been seen around these diggings lately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"residency",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"casita",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"ranch",
|
|
"ranch house",
|
|
"saltbox",
|
|
"semi",
|
|
"split level",
|
|
"townhome",
|
|
"town house",
|
|
"tract house",
|
|
"triplex",
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"apartment house",
|
|
"condo",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"tenement",
|
|
"tenement house",
|
|
"walk-up",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"boardinghouse",
|
|
"dorm",
|
|
"dormitory",
|
|
"flophouse",
|
|
"lodging house",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement",
|
|
"room(s)",
|
|
"rooming house",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"manor house",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"McMansion",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"farmhouse",
|
|
"grange",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"homestead",
|
|
"double-wide",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"house trailer",
|
|
"mobile home",
|
|
"motor home",
|
|
"recreational vehicle",
|
|
"RV",
|
|
"trailer",
|
|
"hermitage",
|
|
"manse",
|
|
"parsonage",
|
|
"rectory",
|
|
"vicarage",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"hootch",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"fireside",
|
|
"habitation",
|
|
"hearth",
|
|
"hearthstone",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residence",
|
|
"roof"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"digressional":{
|
|
"passing from one topic to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the freely digressional routines that many stand-up comedians employ"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"consistent",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"undeviating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"digressionary",
|
|
"digressive",
|
|
"discursive",
|
|
"excursive",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilapidating":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilatation":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilated":{
|
|
"as in bulging , protuberant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in inflated , distended":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilatory":{
|
|
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the homeowner is claiming that local firefighters were dilatory in responding to the call"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"heavy-footed",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slow-footed",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
|
"snaillike",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dillydallies":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't dillydally on the way to the store"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)",
|
|
"filibusters",
|
|
"procrastinates",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"temporizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"lollygags",
|
|
"lallygags",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"tarries"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"puts out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"lazies",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilute":{
|
|
"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"ultrapure",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"uncut",
|
|
"undiluted",
|
|
"unmixed",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dilute solution of ammonia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"ultrarefined",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"uncombined",
|
|
"pasteurized",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"sterilized",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"unfiltered",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"maculate",
|
|
"maculated",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"doctored"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"alloyed",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not containing very much of some important element":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"full-bodied",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dilute acid that's safe to handle in the classroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"evaporated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"watered-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"washy",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"richen",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pharmacist was convicted of diluting prescription drugs in order to increase profits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilize",
|
|
"lard",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"distill",
|
|
"distil",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"leach",
|
|
"pasteurize",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"condense"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"load",
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"envenom",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"infect",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"sophisticate",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"water down",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diluting":{
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"richening",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pharmacist was convicted of diluting prescription drugs in order to increase profits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilizing",
|
|
"larding",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"leaching",
|
|
"pasteurizing",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"condensing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"envenoming",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"infecting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"tampering (with)",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"attenuating",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"tempering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterating",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"sophisticating",
|
|
"thinning",
|
|
"watering down",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dim":{
|
|
"being without light or without much light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dim , windowless room in the basement of the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beamy",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"relucent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"ultrabright",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"starlit",
|
|
"sunlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crepuscular",
|
|
"twilit",
|
|
"moonless",
|
|
"starless",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"smoggy",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"caliginous",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"rayless",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stygian",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking a surface luster or gloss":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sleek"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over time, exposure to ultraviolet light will make bright pigments turn dim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"lacquered",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"satin",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"gemmy",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"candescent",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"fulgent",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"refulgent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stygian",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lusterless",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our dog is kind of dim , but very sweet-natured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cretinous",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not seen or understood clearly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"pellucid"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"have only a dim knowledge of the subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"hieroglyphical",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"obfuscatory",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blear",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"blurry",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"light (up)",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the storm clouds dimmed our view of the city from the airplane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adumbrate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blear",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"dislimn",
|
|
"fog",
|
|
"fuzz (up)",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overcloud",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shroud"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dim bulb":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was considered something of a dim bulb at work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dime":{
|
|
"a very small sum of money":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big buck(s)",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabuck(s)",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the beauty of this deal is that all the extras won't cost you a dime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken feed",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"two cents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dimension(s)":{
|
|
"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the vast dimensions of the subject will require years of study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"horizon",
|
|
"panorama"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diminish":{
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tends to diminish any rival's accomplishments with snide remarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"derogate",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"poor-mouth",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"talk down",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trash-talk",
|
|
"vilipend",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sound of the train diminished as our distance from it increased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"drop (off)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the state's blood supplies were severely diminished by the two consecutive disasters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"downscale",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diminutions":{
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"step-ups",
|
|
"upticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a diminution of 60 percent over the course of the month"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions",
|
|
"downturns",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"curtailments",
|
|
"cutbacks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"retrenchments",
|
|
"shortenings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depletions",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"step-downs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diminutive":{
|
|
"a living thing much smaller than others of its kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"behemoth",
|
|
"colossus",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"titan"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dik-diks, the diminutives of the antelope family"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"homunculus",
|
|
"hop-o'-my-thumb",
|
|
"manikin",
|
|
"mannikin",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peewee",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"runt",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"Tom Thumb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of a size that is less than average":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a single diminutive shrub on the edge of the lawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"boxcar",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"Bunyanesque",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"toy",
|
|
"runtish",
|
|
"runty",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"miniaturized",
|
|
"minikin",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"weeny",
|
|
"weensy",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bite-size",
|
|
"bite-sized",
|
|
"capsule"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"shrimpy",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"subnormal",
|
|
"toylike",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dimming":{
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"lighting (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the storm clouds dimmed our view of the city from the airplane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adumbrating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blearing",
|
|
"blurring",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"dislimning",
|
|
"fogging",
|
|
"fuzzing (up)",
|
|
"hazing",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overclouding",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"shrouding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ding-a-lings":{
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some ding-a-ling set off the fire alarm by burning paper in a wastebasket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daredevils",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schlumps",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"laughingstocks",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"chumps",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"schlemiels",
|
|
"shlemiels",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berks",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"charlies",
|
|
"charleys",
|
|
"cuckoos",
|
|
"dingbats",
|
|
"ding-dongs",
|
|
"dipsticks",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"featherheads",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"gits",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"mooncalves",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nutcases",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"simps",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ding-dong":{
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's always one ding-dong in the tour group who wanders off and gets lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schlump",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"schlemiel",
|
|
"shlemiel",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berk",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"charlie",
|
|
"charley",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ding-a-ling",
|
|
"dingbat",
|
|
"dipstick",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"git",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mooncalf",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ding-donged":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dingbat":{
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dingbat who was constantly firing off nonsensical letters to the editor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schlump",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"schlemiel",
|
|
"shlemiel",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berk",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"charlie",
|
|
"charley",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ding-a-ling",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"dipstick",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"git",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mooncalf",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dinghies":{
|
|
"a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we went sailing on the secluded lake in a little two-person dinghy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brigantines",
|
|
"bugeyes",
|
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
|
"caravels",
|
|
"catamarans",
|
|
"catboats",
|
|
"cat rigs",
|
|
"clippers",
|
|
"corvettes",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"frigates",
|
|
"galleons",
|
|
"galleys",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"knockabouts",
|
|
"luggers",
|
|
"outriggers",
|
|
"pinnaces",
|
|
"piraguas",
|
|
"sailers",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"shallops",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"ships",
|
|
"sloops",
|
|
"square-riggers",
|
|
"xebecs",
|
|
"yachts",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"vessels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"windjammers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dingy":{
|
|
"not clean":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bed sheets were pretty dingy so we threw them in the laundry pile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"sooty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dink":{
|
|
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in those days a dink had a better chance of winning the lottery than of dating a cheerleader"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"goof-off",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"underachiever",
|
|
"lowbrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"double-dome",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"bookman",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"gearhead",
|
|
"techie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bookworm",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"nerd",
|
|
"swot",
|
|
"weenie",
|
|
"wonk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dinky":{
|
|
"of a size that is less than average":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recent college graduates crowding into a dinky New York City apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"boxcar",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"Bunyanesque",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"toy",
|
|
"runtish",
|
|
"runty",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"miniaturized",
|
|
"minikin",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"weeny",
|
|
"weensy",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bite-size",
|
|
"bite-sized",
|
|
"capsule"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"shrimpy",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"subnormal",
|
|
"toylike",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dinned":{
|
|
"to say or state again":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"safety lessons dinned into us over and over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"paraphrased",
|
|
"reworded",
|
|
"echoed",
|
|
"reechoed",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"parroted",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"recapitulated",
|
|
"recapped",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimed",
|
|
"iterated",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"reiterated",
|
|
"repeated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diploma":{
|
|
"a document which shows that a person has finished a course of study or has graduated from a school":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He earned his high school diploma by attending classes at night."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diplomatic":{
|
|
"having or showing tact":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"impolitic",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"untactful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a diplomatic attempt at preventing any hurt feelings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unmannered",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"caddish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"clodhopping",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"disregardful",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"tactful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diplomatist":{
|
|
"as in diplomat , ambassador":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dipped":{
|
|
"as in splashed , dunked":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the temperature dipped a bit in the evening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
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"tapered off",
|
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"waned",
|
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"receded",
|
|
"retreated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
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"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"tumbled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"upswept",
|
|
"upturned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slow down, the road dips here"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"planed",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angled",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"cocked",
|
|
"heeled",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaned",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully dipped water from the bucket to the kettle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"filled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"drew (off)",
|
|
"dished",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"decanted",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"siphoned",
|
|
"syphoned",
|
|
"suctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucketed",
|
|
"laded",
|
|
"ladled",
|
|
"scooped",
|
|
"spooned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first dip a paper towel in water",
|
|
"she dipped a hand into her pocket and pulled out a piece of candy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gazed",
|
|
"stared"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dipped into the book, but I didn't have a chance to study it thoroughly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"peered",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"gawked",
|
|
"goggled",
|
|
"rubbernecked",
|
|
"leered",
|
|
"ogled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"keeked",
|
|
"peeped",
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
"squinted",
|
|
"looked over",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"scanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
"peeked",
|
|
"skimmed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dipping":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the temperature dipped a bit in the evening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"tumbling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upsweeping",
|
|
"upturning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slow down, the road dips here"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"planing",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angling",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"cocking",
|
|
"heeling",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"sinking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully dipped water from the bucket to the kettle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"filling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bailing",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"drawing (off)",
|
|
"dishing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"decanting",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"siphoning",
|
|
"syphoning",
|
|
"suctioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucketing",
|
|
"lading",
|
|
"ladling",
|
|
"scooping",
|
|
"spooning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first dip a paper towel in water",
|
|
"she dipped a hand into her pocket and pulled out a piece of candy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gazing",
|
|
"staring"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dipped into the book, but I didn't have a chance to study it thoroughly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"peering",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"gawking",
|
|
"goggling",
|
|
"rubbernecking",
|
|
"leering",
|
|
"ogling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"keeking",
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"blinking",
|
|
"squinting",
|
|
"looking over",
|
|
"perusing",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"scanning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"peeking",
|
|
"skimming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"directed":{
|
|
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the aqueduct directs the water into an artificial lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canalized",
|
|
"channeled",
|
|
"channelled",
|
|
"channelized",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"funneled",
|
|
"funnelled",
|
|
"piped",
|
|
"siphoned",
|
|
"syphoned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"obeyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our tour guide directed us to wait in front of the building until she could rejoin us"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"observed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"petitioned",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"beseeched",
|
|
"besought",
|
|
"entreated",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"counseled",
|
|
"counselled",
|
|
"warned",
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjured",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"bossed (around)",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"told"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after and make decisions about":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the music teacher directs both the student orchestra and the marching band"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"piloted",
|
|
"steered",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"micromanaged",
|
|
"stage-managed",
|
|
"codirected",
|
|
"co-directed",
|
|
"comanaged",
|
|
"co-managed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"administrated",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"presided (over)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"stewarded",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised",
|
|
"tended"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we quickly directed our attention toward the noise coming from the rear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"rechanneled",
|
|
"rechannelled",
|
|
"shunted",
|
|
"sidetracked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"oriented",
|
|
"steered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimed",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"headed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"pinpointed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"trained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"trailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guide directed the tour through the museum with commendable efficiency and expertise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"tailed",
|
|
"tailgated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"preceded",
|
|
"accompanied",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"convoyed",
|
|
"escorted",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"managed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"piloted",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"steered",
|
|
"ushered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the caretaker directed that all of the windows be closed before we left"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"countermanded",
|
|
"rescinded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"petitioned",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"called",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"decreed",
|
|
"dictated",
|
|
"mandated",
|
|
"ordained",
|
|
"ordered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"directness":{
|
|
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"indirection"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his directness is much appreciated by his patients"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"evasiveness",
|
|
"secretiveness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"tact"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"communicativeness",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unguardedness",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dirgelike":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dirty":{
|
|
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"laying off longtime employees was a dirty way for the company to reduce labor costs and save money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some radio stations refused to play the song because of the dirty lyrics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"scatological",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"louche",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soft-core"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"X-rated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"unclouded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they were unknowingly sailing into dirty weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"serene"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"windblown",
|
|
"windswept",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"sportsmanlike",
|
|
"sportsmanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school is known for the dirty football it plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"just",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"ungentlemanly",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"unchivalrous",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unsportsmanlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not clean":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after working in the factory all day, his clothes are very dirty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"sooty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"accused the other campaign of playing dirty tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"unerring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"unworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"currish",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-down",
|
|
"low-minded",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"open to improper influence and especially bribery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incorruptible"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie about a dirty cop paid to protect a mafioso"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"temptable",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unmoral",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bribable",
|
|
"corruptible",
|
|
"purchasable",
|
|
"venal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she dirtied her new sneakers when she splashed in the puddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"dry-clean",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"mop",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wipe",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"draggle",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"colly",
|
|
"crock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"bemire",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"distain",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gaum",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disability":{
|
|
"a condition that interferes with someone's ability to engage in certain tasks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The group provides one-on-one mentorship to students with various disabilities .",
|
|
"The disability caused by the car crash prevented him from working."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disabled":{
|
|
"deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"abled",
|
|
"nondisabled",
|
|
"unimpaired"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the disabled man was unable to climb the stairs without help"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"special-needs",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"quadriplegic",
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immobilized",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"hard of hearing",
|
|
"mute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"differently abled",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impaired"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dismembered",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"bruised",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"winged",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"kneecapped",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disabled the controls for unauthorized users"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"refreshened",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"knocked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"immobilized",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"prostrated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disablement":{
|
|
"as in disability , impairment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in weakness , debilitation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disabused":{
|
|
"to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let me disabuse you of your foolish notions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"apprised",
|
|
"clued (in)",
|
|
"filled in",
|
|
"wised (up)",
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned",
|
|
"undeceived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disaccords":{
|
|
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"concordances",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"harmonies",
|
|
"peaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perennial question of whether there's an irreconcilable disaccord between science and religion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"cooperations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collisions",
|
|
"competitions",
|
|
"contentions",
|
|
"altercations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"fallings-out",
|
|
"falling-outs",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"run-ins",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"incompatibilities",
|
|
"incongruences",
|
|
"incongruities",
|
|
"inconsistences",
|
|
"inconsistencies",
|
|
"inconsonances",
|
|
"animosities",
|
|
"antagonisms",
|
|
"antipathies",
|
|
"cold wars",
|
|
"enmities",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"ill wills",
|
|
"rancors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"discordances",
|
|
"discordancies",
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"disharmonies",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"dissidences",
|
|
"dissonances",
|
|
"disunions",
|
|
"disunities",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"frictions",
|
|
"infightings",
|
|
"inharmonies",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"strifes",
|
|
"variances",
|
|
"warfares",
|
|
"wars"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"conforms (to or with)",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"matches"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"national security measures that disaccord with our cherished right to free expression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"coincides",
|
|
"concurs",
|
|
"corresponds"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"wars (against)",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"differs",
|
|
"disagrees",
|
|
"dissents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"jars"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disaffirmed":{
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"owned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her sullen mood disaffirmed her repeated protestations that everything was just fine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disconfirmed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disaffirms":{
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"owns"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her sullen mood disaffirmed her repeated protestations that everything was just fine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"verifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"traverses",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disconfirms",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disagree (with)":{
|
|
"to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agree (with)",
|
|
"concur (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she disagreed with me when I said that the jacket was dark blue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"verify",
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"testify (to)",
|
|
"vouch (for)",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"gainsay"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disagreeableness":{
|
|
"as in dyspepsia , sulkiness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disallowed":{
|
|
"as in prohibited , banned":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unwilling to grant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disallowed the defendant's request for a new trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"vouchsafed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"withheld"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"owned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disallowing the philosophical concept of free will"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disaffirmed",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disconfirmed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disappeared":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease to be visible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"materialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"broke out",
|
|
"came out",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"loomed",
|
|
"showed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blanked (out)",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"died (away or down or out)",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"dimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dematerialized",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evanesced",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disappearing":{
|
|
"to cease to be visible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"materializing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"breaking out",
|
|
"coming out",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"looming",
|
|
"showing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blanking (out)",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"dying (away or down or out)",
|
|
"blurring",
|
|
"dimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dematerializing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"evanescing",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"vanishing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disapproval":{
|
|
"refusal to accept as right or desirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"favor"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thus far, every one of her choices for college has met with her parents' disapproval"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"thumbs-up",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"sympathy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"thumbs-down",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"dispraise",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reprehension",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprobation",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"opposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"displeasure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disapproved":{
|
|
"as in discouraged , disallowed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unwilling to grant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the committee disapproved the proposal to allow casino gambling in the state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"vouchsafed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"withheld"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"approved"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disapproved the first set of blueprints submitted by the firm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"deselected",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"passed up",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"threw over",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disarm":{
|
|
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"outrage"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her future father-in-law was totally disarmed by her easy charm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"endear (to)",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"dulcify",
|
|
"sweeten"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the size and strength of the armed forces of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"militarize"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the defeated nation was disarmed so that it would never again be a threat to international order"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"reequip",
|
|
"weapon",
|
|
"embattle",
|
|
"mechanize",
|
|
"mobilize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demobilize",
|
|
"denuclearize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demilitarize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disarray":{
|
|
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boys' bedroom was in its usual disarray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"method",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anarchy",
|
|
"lawlessness",
|
|
"misrule",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"labyrinth",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"web",
|
|
"maelstrom",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"motley"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"dishevelment",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorderedness",
|
|
"disorderliness",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"heck",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mare's nest",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"misorder",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"snake pit",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he had accidentally disarrayed his brother's CDs, leaving a telltale sign of borrowing without permission"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"methodize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"unscramble"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"clutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dislocate",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganize",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tousle",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disarrays":{
|
|
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boys' bedroom was in its usual disarray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anarchies",
|
|
"misrules",
|
|
"riots",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"labyrinths",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"webs",
|
|
"maelstroms",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"bollixes",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"motleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chance-medleys",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"dishevelments",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizations",
|
|
"free-for-alls",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hecks",
|
|
"hells",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"mare's nests",
|
|
"mares' nests",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"misorders",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"snake pits",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"welters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he had accidentally disarrayed his brother's CDs, leaving a telltale sign of borrowing without permission"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"methodizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"systemizes",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"unscrambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"clutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"deranges",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dislocates",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizes",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tousles",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disassemble":{
|
|
"to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the class was slow to disassemble , many waiting around to ask the instructor some questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"meet"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"branch (out)",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"fork",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"evanesce",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"go (away)",
|
|
"melt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"construct"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they had to disassemble the television set in order to replace the wiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disaggregate",
|
|
"disarticulate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"demount",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"dismember",
|
|
"dismount",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"take down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disassembles":{
|
|
"to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the class was slow to disassemble , many waiting around to ask the instructor some questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"meets"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"branches (out)",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"forks",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"evanesces",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"goes (away)",
|
|
"melts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"scatters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"constructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they had to disassemble the television set in order to replace the wiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disaggregates",
|
|
"disarticulates",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"demounts",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"dismembers",
|
|
"dismounts",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"takes down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disaster":{
|
|
"a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurricanes are natural disasters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bloodbath",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"meltdown",
|
|
"Armageddon",
|
|
"doomsday",
|
|
"end-time",
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"misadventure",
|
|
"mischance",
|
|
"misfortune",
|
|
"mishap",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"double whammy",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"one-two punch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apocalypse",
|
|
"calamity",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"tragedy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"winner"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an utter disaster , the play opened and closed on the same miserable night"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"phenomenon"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"also-ran",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"has-been",
|
|
"near miss",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"nonevent",
|
|
"nonstarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"washout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disavowal":{
|
|
"a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"confirmation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor's disavowal of the rumor that a terrorist threat had been received put our minds at rest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"confession",
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"attestation",
|
|
"corroboration",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"testament",
|
|
"testimony",
|
|
"validation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disproof",
|
|
"rebuttal",
|
|
"refutation",
|
|
"negative"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradiction",
|
|
"denegation",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"disclaimer",
|
|
"disconfirmation",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"repudiation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disavows":{
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"owns"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disavowed the testimony that she had given earlier in the trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"verifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"traverses",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disaffirms",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disconfirms",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"recognizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the government will disavow any knowledge of your mission"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"verifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"abdicates",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disbanded":{
|
|
"to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"ingathered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police disbanded the rioters with tear gas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglutinated",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"unified",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"diffused",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"dispelled",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"squandered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the university disbanded the committee after the report had been submitted",
|
|
"the rock group disbanded upon finishing their farewell tour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"hung together"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demobilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissolved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disbanding":{
|
|
"to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"ingathering"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police disbanded the rioters with tear gas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglutinating",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"unifying",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"splitting (up)",
|
|
"diffusing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the university disbanded the committee after the report had been submitted",
|
|
"the rock group disbanded upon finishing their farewell tour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"hanging together"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demobilizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissolving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disbarred":{
|
|
"as in obstructed , impeded":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disbelieve":{
|
|
"to think not to be true or real":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"swallow"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many disbelieved the medium's claims that she could communicate with the spirits of the dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"scoff (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"negate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disbelieved":{
|
|
"to think not to be true or real":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"credited",
|
|
"swallowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many disbelieved the medium's claims that she could communicate with the spirits of the dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"trusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"distrusted",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"suspected",
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"scoffed (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"negated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discernable":{
|
|
"able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"undetectable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discernible differences in the two authors' writing styles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inaudible",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"audible",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ponderable",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"identifiable",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"apprehensible",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"distinguishable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"sensible"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discharged":{
|
|
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Robert Goddard was the first to discharge a rocket containing an instrument package"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"blazed (at)",
|
|
"sniped (at)",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"lobbed",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"squeezed off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt a strong recoil as the rifle discharged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"plinked",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"sniped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"shot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to empty or rid of cargo":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"docks for discharging containerships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"voided"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburdened",
|
|
"disencumbered",
|
|
"off-loaded",
|
|
"unburdened",
|
|
"unladed",
|
|
"unloaded",
|
|
"unpacked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discharge a debt in full"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anted (up)",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"footed",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"paid off",
|
|
"paid up",
|
|
"ponied up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"sprang (for)",
|
|
"sprung (for)",
|
|
"stood"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"signed (up or on)",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"15 people were discharged when the embezzling ring was discovered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reemployed",
|
|
"re-employed",
|
|
"rehired",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"subcontracted",
|
|
"recruited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"excessed",
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"chucked (out)",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discharged the prisoners upon the signing of the peace treaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"enslaved",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjugated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bailed (out)",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"paroled",
|
|
"ransomed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"disembarrassed",
|
|
"disencumbered",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"unshackled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disenthralled",
|
|
"disenthraled",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"uncaged",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfettered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mighty river discharges its waters into the ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"soaked (up)",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"took up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"excreted",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"outpoured",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sent (out)",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disciform":{
|
|
"as in circular , ringlike":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disciplinable":{
|
|
"as in manageable , teachable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in punishable , impeachable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disciplinary":{
|
|
"inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpunitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"called for disciplinary actions in response to the outrageous behavior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compensatory",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"reprieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"retaliative",
|
|
"retaliatory",
|
|
"retributive",
|
|
"retributory",
|
|
"revengeful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"wrathful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"correctional",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"penal",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"punitive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discipline":{
|
|
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you must choose a discipline to focus on in college"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"turf",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"ken",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width",
|
|
"subfield",
|
|
"subspecialty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"barony",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"firmament",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"walk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"harsh discipline was imposed to keep order within the ranks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amnesty",
|
|
"indemnity",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"parole",
|
|
"acquittal",
|
|
"exculpation",
|
|
"exoneration",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impunity",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"forgiveness",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"remitment",
|
|
"condonation",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"comeuppance",
|
|
"correction",
|
|
"desert(s)",
|
|
"nemesis",
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"wrath"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinhibition",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"unconstraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she lacks the discipline that's essential for a job in customer relations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"self-censorship",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachedness",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"taciturnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"refrainment",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pranksters were severely disciplined for their irresponsible stunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"ransom",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"commute",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"impose",
|
|
"levy",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"wreak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"penalize",
|
|
"punish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disclosed":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the informer disclosed all sorts of details about the secret organization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undraped",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"disinterred",
|
|
"raked up",
|
|
"smoked out",
|
|
"unearthed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unbosomed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disclosures":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he offered full disclosure of the government files on the assassination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealments",
|
|
"cover-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bombshells",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"avowals",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"confessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"divulgences",
|
|
"exposures",
|
|
"revelations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discolors":{
|
|
"as in blackens , pollutes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discommend":{
|
|
"as in criticize , condemn":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discomposed":{
|
|
"as in embarrassed , self-conscious":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discomposed by the tone of the message left on his answering machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distempered",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"flurried",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind ruffled her hair and discomposed her carefully arranged papers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"queued",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"methodized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"systemized",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"unscrambled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"cluttered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dislocated",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"hashed",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discomposing":{
|
|
"causing worry or anxiety":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a discomposing response to our routine query about her health"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"persecutive",
|
|
"persecutory",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discomposed by the tone of the message left on his answering machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"unnerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"derailing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distempering",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"flurrying",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind ruffled her hair and discomposed her carefully arranged papers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"methodizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"grooming",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"unscrambling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"cluttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"deranging",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dislocating",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"disorganizing",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"hashing",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"mussing",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tousling",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disconcerting":{
|
|
"causing embarrassment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a disconcerting habit of chewing with his mouth open"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwieldy",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"mortifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"uncomfortable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were disconcerted by the unexpected changes to the program"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"buoying",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"queering",
|
|
"shaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disconfirm":{
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"own"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"later updates on the news story disconfirmed many details of the initial report"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"verify"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"traverse",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"dispute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disaffirm",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"verify"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"contends that we will never be able to confirm or disconfirm the existence of God"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"document",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"back (up)",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"adduce",
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"manifest"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"hash (over)",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"talk over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"shoot down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disconfirmation":{
|
|
"a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"confirmation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an official disconfirmation of the rumors that the military was planning an invasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"confession",
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"attestation",
|
|
"corroboration",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"testament",
|
|
"testimony",
|
|
"validation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disproof",
|
|
"rebuttal",
|
|
"refutation",
|
|
"negative"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradiction",
|
|
"denegation",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"disavowal",
|
|
"disclaimer",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"repudiation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as an argument) that serves to disprove":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"proof"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"members of the sect refused to accept the scientific evidence as being in any way a disconfirmation of their deeply held religious beliefs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attestation",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"corroboration",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"testament",
|
|
"testimony",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"authentication",
|
|
"identification",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"verification"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counterargument",
|
|
"counterevidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confutation",
|
|
"disproof",
|
|
"rebuttal",
|
|
"refutation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disconfirmed":{
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"owned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"later updates on the news story disconfirmed many details of the initial report"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disaffirmed",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"contends that we will never be able to confirm or disconfirm the existence of God"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"evidenced",
|
|
"evinced",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"backed (up)",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"adduced",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"manifested"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overturned",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"hashed (over)",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"talked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"shot down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disconnectedly":{
|
|
"as in intermittently , fitfully":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discontentedness":{
|
|
"the condition of being dissatisfied with one's life or situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was left with a vague feeling of discontentedness even after he got the car he had always wanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"aggrievement",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"discontentment",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"dissatisfaction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discounter":{
|
|
"as in retailer , distributor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discounts":{
|
|
"something that is or may be subtracted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"additions"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a discount of 20% from the original price"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"appreciations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"givebacks",
|
|
"kickbacks",
|
|
"rebates",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"forfeitures",
|
|
"penalties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"reductions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even while acknowledging the primacy of the director, we should not discount the contributions of all the others who worked on the film"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"objects (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"waives",
|
|
"waves (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinks (at)",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"winks (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shouldn't discount their contributions to our fund-raising efforts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"eulogizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discommends",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"defames",
|
|
"maligns",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"traduces",
|
|
"vilifies",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"cries down",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"denigrates",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"derogates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"kisses off",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"poor-mouths",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"talks down",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"trash-talks",
|
|
"vilipends",
|
|
"writes off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discourses":{
|
|
"talking or a talk between two or more people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Thomas Jefferson is said to have been able to participate in knowledgeable discourse on a breathtaking array of subjects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banters",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"cross fires",
|
|
"give-and-takes",
|
|
"persiflages",
|
|
"railleries",
|
|
"repartees",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"chitchats",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"gabfests",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"natters",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"round-robins",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"conversations",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"exchanges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guest lecturer discoursed at some length on the long-term results of the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"soliloquizes",
|
|
"disserts",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"pontificates",
|
|
"sermonizes",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"filibusters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grandly discoursed as though he were an expert on every subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"bloviates",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"sermonizes",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"speechifies",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"mouths (off)",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"perorates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discourteous":{
|
|
"showing a lack of manners or consideration for others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"well-bred"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wouldn't tolerate anything so discourteous as the interruption of another speaker during a discussion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"lippy",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"caddish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unmannered",
|
|
"unmannerly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discourtesy":{
|
|
"rude behavior":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the courtiers shuddered at the discourtesy shown to the king"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"respectfulness",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"respectableness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"caddishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"crabbedness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"disrespectfulness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impertinency",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discover":{
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was startled to discover that my keys were missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"unlearn",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"puzzle (out)",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"divine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get on (to)",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"wise (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we hope to discover the real reason for his odd behavior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"mislay",
|
|
"misplace",
|
|
"misset"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"look for",
|
|
"search (for or out)",
|
|
"seek"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"dredge (up)",
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunt (down or up)",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rout (out)",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"scout (up)",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discovered to his friend how people whom he had trusted had betrayed him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"leak",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"disinter",
|
|
"rake up",
|
|
"smoke out",
|
|
"unearth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unbosom",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discredit":{
|
|
"the state of having lost the esteem of others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to his everlasting discredit , the coach was found to have placed bets against his own team"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"repute"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scandal",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliation",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"stigma",
|
|
"taint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"verify"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pseudoscience of phrenology has been thoroughly discredited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"document",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"back (up)",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"adduce",
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"manifest"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"hash (over)",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"talk over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"disconfirm",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"shoot down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"exalt"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attempted to discredit her political opponents by deliberately spreading false rumors"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"take down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think not to be true or real":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"swallow"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I discredit the story that the old inn is haunted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"scoff (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieve",
|
|
"negate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discredited":{
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pseudoscience of phrenology has been thoroughly discredited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"evidenced",
|
|
"evinced",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"backed (up)",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"adduced",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"manifested"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overturned",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"hashed (over)",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"talked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"disconfirmed",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"shot down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"exalted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attempted to discredit her political opponents by deliberately spreading false rumors"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"took down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think not to be true or real":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"credited",
|
|
"swallowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I discredit the story that the old inn is haunted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"trusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"distrusted",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"suspected",
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"scoffed (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieved",
|
|
"negated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discreetly":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discretion":{
|
|
"the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"indiscretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll rely on your discretion in handling this accusation of cheating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shortsightedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"half-wittedness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"unreasonableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"farsightedness",
|
|
"forehandedness",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"forethoughtfulness",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"clearheadedness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"penetration",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"precaution",
|
|
"premeditation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"nous",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinhibition",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"unconstraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in that job you'll be expected to show discretion and act like a professional at all times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"self-censorship",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachedness",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"taciturnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"refrainment",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ambassadorships are generally regarded as subject to the president's discretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"duress",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"Hobson's choice"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"free will",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"vote",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"perspicacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"druthers",
|
|
"election",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"selection",
|
|
"volition",
|
|
"way"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discretions":{
|
|
"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ambassadorships are generally regarded as subject to the president's discretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coercions",
|
|
"duresses",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"Hobson's choices"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"determinations",
|
|
"free wills",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"votes",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"discernments",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"perspicacities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alternatives",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"druthers",
|
|
"elections",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"options",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"selections",
|
|
"volitions",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discriminability":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discriminating":{
|
|
"favoring, applying, or being unequal treatment of different classes of people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondiscriminatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"accused of discriminating practices in the hiring of employees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"prejudicial",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"elitist",
|
|
"selective",
|
|
"segregative"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"differential",
|
|
"discriminational",
|
|
"discriminative",
|
|
"discriminatory"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"nontypical",
|
|
"uncharacteristic",
|
|
"untypical"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a discriminating feature of poison ivy is a compound leaf with three mitten-shaped leaflets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"identifiable",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"archetypal",
|
|
"archetypical",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"paradigmatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"diagnostic",
|
|
"diagnostical",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"symptomatic",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to understand or point out the difference in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"mixing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the human eye can discriminate between very slight gradations of color"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"lumping (together)",
|
|
"mingling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contradistinguishing",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"demarcating",
|
|
"marking (off)",
|
|
"setting off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"differencing",
|
|
"differentiating",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"secerning",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discussion":{
|
|
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the discussion about the club budget went on for hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bull session",
|
|
"chat room",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"skull session",
|
|
"skull practice",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"talkathon",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"conversation",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"disquisition",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"consultancy",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"pourparler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argumentation",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"back-and-forth",
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"consult",
|
|
"consultation",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talking or a talk between two or more people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discussions around the watercooler at work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"cross fire",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"persiflage",
|
|
"raillery",
|
|
"repartee",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"gabfest",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"round-robin",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"conversation",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"exchange"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disdains":{
|
|
"to show contempt for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disdained the deserter as a coward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"lionizes",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"approves (of)",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"subscribes (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"frowns (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemns",
|
|
"disrespects",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"high-hats",
|
|
"looks down (on or upon)",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"sniffs (at)",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snubs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diseased":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disempower":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disenchantments":{
|
|
"as in disillusionments":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disengages":{
|
|
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"entangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sought to disengage myself from the embarrassing situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"disburdens",
|
|
"disencumbers",
|
|
"unburdens",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unsnarls",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"untwines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"disembarrasses",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"untangles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disentanglement":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disfavor":{
|
|
"a strong feeling of not liking or approving":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made no attempt to hide his disfavor of his wife's relatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"dissatisfaction",
|
|
"jaundice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"mislike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"refusal to accept as right or desirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"favor"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their suggestion was met with disfavor by virtually all of the other club members"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"thumbs-up",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"sympathy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"thumbs-down",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"dispraise",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reprehension",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprobation",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"opposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"displeasure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"favor"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the defendant certainly acted to his own disfavor with his frequent outbursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"expense",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"prejudice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"penalty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel dislike for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"cotton (to)",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a style of stage acting that is disfavored by most theatergoers today"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"prefer"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"resent",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"cringe (at)",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"shy (from or away from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"mislike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"polls showing that this political candidate is highly disfavored by most voters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"scold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)",
|
|
"mislike",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"tsk-tsk",
|
|
"tut (over or about)",
|
|
"tut-tut (over or about)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disgorged":{
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the volcano disgorged lava in a spectacular nighttime show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottled (up)",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shut (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belched",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"eructed",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disgrace":{
|
|
"a cause of shame":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"honor"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exposure of his criminal record was a huge disgrace for the councilman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"stigma",
|
|
"taint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"scandal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a regrettable or blameworthy act":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a disgrace to let all the leftover food from the banquet go to waste, so let's deliver it to the homeless shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crime",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of having lost the esteem of others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the players who threw the game were in disgrace with their schoolmates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"repute"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scandal",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliation",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"stigma",
|
|
"taint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"exalt"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disgraced by the shameful actions of their leader"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"take down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disgracing":{
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"exalting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disgraced by the shameful actions of their leader"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"taking down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disgruntle":{
|
|
"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reconcile"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an employee, disgruntled by the restaurant owner's shabby treatment, turned him in to the IRS"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endear",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"embitter",
|
|
"envenom",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"disaffect",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"sour"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make discontented":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a crew disgruntled by a long voyage that provided no opportunity for recreation onshore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"tickle",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"aggrieve",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"sadden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disaffect",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"dissatisfy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disguising":{
|
|
"to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unmasking"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spies disguised themselves as harmless tourists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"unclothing",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"undraping",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"cosmeticizing",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"masking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that investigative reporter usually does a good job of disguising her true motives for interviewing a person"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belying",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disgust":{
|
|
"a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we turned from the grisly scene with disgust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"displeasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to feel disgust":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie's graphic, nonstop violence disgusted us"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"tickle",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"intrigue"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"appall",
|
|
"appal",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"horrify",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"shock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gross out",
|
|
"nauseate",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"sicken",
|
|
"turn off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dishabille":{
|
|
"as in disarray":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dishearten":{
|
|
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"steel"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were disheartened by the news that our grandmother was seriously ill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buoy (up)",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"sadden",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"frighten",
|
|
"horrify",
|
|
"scare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dished":{
|
|
"curved inward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"cambered",
|
|
"convex",
|
|
"protruding",
|
|
"protrusive",
|
|
"protuberant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Arabian horses are noted for their dished muzzles and large wide-set eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"bulbous",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"jutting",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"puffy",
|
|
"risen",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"domed",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"globular",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"spherical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alveolar",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"crescentic",
|
|
"cuplike",
|
|
"cupped",
|
|
"cuppy",
|
|
"recurved",
|
|
"dimpled",
|
|
"pockmarked",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concave",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"indented",
|
|
"recessed",
|
|
"sunken"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a DJ who dishes the celebrity gossip as part of the morning programming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bandied (about)",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"noised (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumored",
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"snitched",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"tipped (off)",
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"confided"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"wagged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dishevelment":{
|
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"a state in which everything is out of order":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"given the degree of dishevelment in your workstation, it's a miracle that you can ever find anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"method",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anarchy",
|
|
"lawlessness",
|
|
"misrule",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"labyrinth",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"web",
|
|
"maelstrom",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"motley"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorderedness",
|
|
"disorderliness",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"heck",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mare's nest",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"misorder",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"snake pit",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dishonest":{
|
|
"given to or marked by cheating and deception":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dishonest car dealers who roll back mileage gauges",
|
|
"dishonest business deals that landed him in jail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"trickish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"treacherous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"truthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dishonest appraisals of art works that were part of an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"spurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fraudulent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"telling or containing lies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"truthful",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think he is being dishonest about how much he knows",
|
|
"dishonest statements on the claims form"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"trustable",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"erroneous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocrite",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"perjurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untruthful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dishonesty":{
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a religious cult that recruits members through dishonesty and subterfuge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the tendency to tell lies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veraciousness",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"verity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you gain a reputation for dishonesty , no one will believe you even when you're telling the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"authenticity",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"credibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"trickishness",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"hypocrisy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"mendaciousness",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"untruthfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dishonorable":{
|
|
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"resorted to dishonorable tactics in order to win the game"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"unerring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"unworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"currish",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-down",
|
|
"low-minded",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not respectable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dishonorable conduct shown by some people while visiting foreign countries"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"louche",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"unrespectable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dishonorably":{
|
|
"as in ignobly , basely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dishonors":{
|
|
"a cause of shame":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"honors"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your expulsion from the military academy for cheating is a dishonor to this family"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"stigmas",
|
|
"stigmata",
|
|
"taints"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"scandals"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of having lost the esteem of others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person of integrity who would prefer death to dishonor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admirations",
|
|
"appreciations",
|
|
"estimations",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"awes",
|
|
"fears",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"fames",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"reputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scandals",
|
|
"contempts",
|
|
"despites",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
"disapprobations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"abasements",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"humiliations",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"stigmas",
|
|
"stigmata",
|
|
"taints"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteems",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"shames"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"exalts"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dishonored herself by fixing the results of her medical research"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"takes down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disillusioning":{
|
|
"to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were disillusioned when we saw how the movie star acted in real life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sophisticating",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"clueing (in)",
|
|
"cluing (in)",
|
|
"filling in",
|
|
"wising (up)",
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disinclinations":{
|
|
"a strong feeling of not liking or approving":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appetites",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a strong disinclination for Brussels sprouts since birth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"devotions",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disgusts",
|
|
"distastes",
|
|
"loathings",
|
|
"nauseas",
|
|
"repugnances",
|
|
"repulsions",
|
|
"revulsions",
|
|
"abhorrences",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"antipathies",
|
|
"detestations",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"hatreds",
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"displeasures",
|
|
"dissatisfactions",
|
|
"jaundices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allergies",
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"disrelishes",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"mislikes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disinfect":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disinheriting":{
|
|
"as in depriving , bereaving":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disintegrate":{
|
|
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tornado disintegrated the building in a matter of seconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"dismember",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"rive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fallen leaves slowly disintegrate over the course of the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"rust",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to fine particles":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"modern air pollution is gradually disintegrating the ancient temple's irreplaceable friezes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"kibble",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"micronize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bray",
|
|
"comminute",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"mill",
|
|
"mull",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disintegrated":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tornado disintegrated the building in a matter of seconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"shivered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"chipped",
|
|
"slivered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"dismembered",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"rived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fallen leaves slowly disintegrate over the course of the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"turned off",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"rusted",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"festered",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"moldered",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to fine particles":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"modern air pollution is gradually disintegrating the ancient temple's irreplaceable friezes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"kibbled",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"crunched",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"micronized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"brayed",
|
|
"comminuted",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"milled",
|
|
"mulled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disinterested":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of interest or concern":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"interested"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city's philistines, naturally disinterested in art, voted to cut the museum's budget"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"zealous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"unimpressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"perfunctory",
|
|
"pococurante",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uncurious",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"ex parte",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"nonobjective",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"parti pris",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"unjust"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a judge who is widely respected for his disinterested decisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"evenhanded",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disinterestedly":{
|
|
"as in impassively , incuriously":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disinterment":{
|
|
"as in exhumation , unearthing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disjoined":{
|
|
"as in sundered , disunited":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"unified",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disjoined the two drinking glasses, which were stuck together, only with the greatest difficulty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"agglutinated",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"cemented",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"welded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"bifurcated",
|
|
"bisected",
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"dichotomized",
|
|
"dissected",
|
|
"fractionalized",
|
|
"fractionated",
|
|
"halved",
|
|
"partitioned",
|
|
"quartered",
|
|
"segmented",
|
|
"subdivided",
|
|
"trisected",
|
|
"fragmentated",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"fragmentized",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"rifted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rived",
|
|
"ruptured",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"sequestered",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"untied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"decoupled",
|
|
"disassociated",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ramified",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"unyoked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disjoints":{
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unifies",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disjoint the parts of a chicken for frying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"agglutinates",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"cements",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"knits",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"welds"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"bifurcates",
|
|
"bisects",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"dichotomizes",
|
|
"dissects",
|
|
"fractionalizes",
|
|
"fractionates",
|
|
"halves",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"subdivides",
|
|
"trisects",
|
|
"fragmentates",
|
|
"fragmentizes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"fractures",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"rifts",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rives",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"insulates",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"secludes",
|
|
"segregates",
|
|
"sequesters",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"decouples",
|
|
"disassociates",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"ramifies",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"uncouples",
|
|
"unlinks",
|
|
"unyokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the author deliberately disjoints his narrative in favor of a more impressionistic account of the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"methodizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"systemizes",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"unscrambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"clutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"deranges",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"dislocates",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizes",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tousles",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dislike":{
|
|
"a strong feeling of not liking or approving":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have a strong dislike for olives and wouldn't eat them even if we were paid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"dissatisfaction",
|
|
"jaundice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"mislike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"refusal to accept as right or desirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"favor"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the public's general dislike of negative campaign ads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"thumbs-up",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"sympathy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"thumbs-down",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"dispraise",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reprehension",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprobation",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"opposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"displeasure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel dislike for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"cotton (to)",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two dogs disliked each other the first time they met, and never did become friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"prefer"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"resent",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"cringe (at)",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"shy (from or away from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"mislike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dislike the governor's heavy-handed way of pushing his agenda"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"scold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)",
|
|
"mislike",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"tsk-tsk",
|
|
"tut (over or about)",
|
|
"tut-tut (over or about)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dislocate":{
|
|
"to change the place or position of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dislocated his shoulder in the accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stabilize",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"root"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"cart",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"lug",
|
|
"tote",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"transplant",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"supplant",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"vary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"relocate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"reposition",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transpose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the country's entire social structure was dislocated by the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"methodize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"unscramble"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"clutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganize",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tousle",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dislocation":{
|
|
"an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slightest dislocation in her daily routine bothered the elderly woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"unsettledness",
|
|
"unsettlement",
|
|
"upheaval"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"derangement",
|
|
"disruption",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dismayed":{
|
|
"as in appalled , horrified":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in upset , chagrined":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"nerved",
|
|
"steeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the imposing climb up the mountain dismayed us even before we got started"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parents who became increasingly dismayed by their son's foundering marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distempered",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"flurried",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dismiss":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sick boy's nurse dismissed the visitors so he could get some rest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deforce",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"defenestrate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"extrude",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"turf (out)",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"critics dismissed his music as mere noise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"derogate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"poor-mouth",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"talk down",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trash-talk",
|
|
"vilipend",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"sign (up or on)",
|
|
"take on"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the secretary was dismissed after it was discovered that she was stealing office supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reemploy",
|
|
"rehire",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"subcontract",
|
|
"recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"chuck (out)",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"turn off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dismissal":{
|
|
"the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"numerous dismissals from the company during the economic slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"callback",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"reemployment",
|
|
"rehire",
|
|
"rehiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pink slip",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"bum's rush",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"heave-ho",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shakeout",
|
|
"shake-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"redundancy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disobediences":{
|
|
"refusal to obey":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"tractability",
|
|
"tractableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they gave up on training the dog to fetch because of his constant disobedience"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeability",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency",
|
|
"trainability",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"dutifulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"civil disobedience",
|
|
"noncooperation",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"mulishness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"pertinaciousness",
|
|
"pertinacity",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pigheadedness",
|
|
"self-will",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"naughtiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"unruliness",
|
|
"waywardness",
|
|
"willfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disorderly":{
|
|
"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"well-ordered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disorderly piles of clothes on various tables about the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"well-groomed",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"upside-down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not restrained by or under the control of legal authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"orderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disorderly mobs roamed the streets after the fall of the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legalized",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"rebellious",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"felonious",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"wrongful",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anarchic",
|
|
"anarchical",
|
|
"lawbreaking",
|
|
"lawless",
|
|
"unruly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disorganization":{
|
|
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all of her notes were in a state of disorganization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"method",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anarchy",
|
|
"lawlessness",
|
|
"misrule",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"labyrinth",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"web",
|
|
"maelstrom",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"motley"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevelment",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorderedness",
|
|
"disorderliness",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"heck",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mare's nest",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"misorder",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"snake pit",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disorganized":{
|
|
"as in confusing , confused":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those unexpected problems that can disorganize an entire plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"queued",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"methodized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"systemized",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"unscrambled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"cluttered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dislocated",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"hashed",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disowned":{
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"owned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he steadfastly disowned that he was having an affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disaffirmed",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disconfirmed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"recognized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dictatorial father angrily disowned his rebellious son"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disowning":{
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"owning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he steadfastly disowned that he was having an affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"verifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"traversing",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disputing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disaffirming",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disconfirming",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"recognizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dictatorial father angrily disowned his rebellious son"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"verifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"abdicating",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"repudiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disparage":{
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disparaged polo as a sport for the idle rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"derogate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"poor-mouth",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"talk down",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trash-talk",
|
|
"vilipend",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disparaged":{
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disparaged polo as a sport for the idle rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"eulogized"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discommended",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"maligned",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disgraced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"cried down",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"denigrated",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"derogated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"kissed off",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"poor-mouthed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"talked down",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"trash-talked",
|
|
"vilipended",
|
|
"wrote off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disparagers":{
|
|
"a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those professional disparagers of the minister care nothing about all the good work that he has done"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commenders",
|
|
"praisers"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condemners",
|
|
"condemnors",
|
|
"denouncers",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"decriers",
|
|
"denigrators",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"assailants",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"crucifiers",
|
|
"criticasters",
|
|
"hairsplitters",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"admonishers",
|
|
"haranguers",
|
|
"railers",
|
|
"ranters",
|
|
"rebukers",
|
|
"reproachers",
|
|
"reprovers",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"upbraiders",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crybabies",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"castigators",
|
|
"cavilers",
|
|
"cavillers",
|
|
"censurers",
|
|
"criticizers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"hypercritics",
|
|
"knockers",
|
|
"nigglers",
|
|
"nitpickers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispassion":{
|
|
"the absence of emotional involvement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"viewed the problem with the weary dispassion of a police officer who had seen everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emotionalism",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"prejudice"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equitability",
|
|
"equitableness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"nonpartisanship",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"unbiasedness",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"undemonstrativeness",
|
|
"unresponsiveness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"dispassionateness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispassionateness":{
|
|
"the absence of emotional involvement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your heated tone makes me question your professed dispassionateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emotionalism",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"prejudice"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equitability",
|
|
"equitableness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"nonpartisanship",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"unbiasedness",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"undemonstrativeness",
|
|
"unresponsiveness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"dispassion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispatched":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lost (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they dispatched the other team without breaking a sweat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"went down",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"blew out",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"did down",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"got around",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dispatched a messenger with urgent news"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"addressed",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"exported",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"resent",
|
|
"returned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"packed (off)",
|
|
"sent",
|
|
"shipped",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"transported"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exterminator dispatched the termites with professional efficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"nurtured"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"scragged",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"martyred",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"euthanized",
|
|
"euthanatized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicided"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during his reign of terror the dictator dispatched thousands without the slightest qualm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"whacked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispatching":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"losing (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they dispatched the other team without breaking a sweat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"going down",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"blowing out",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"doing down",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"getting around",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"worsting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dispatched a messenger with urgent news"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"securing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"addressing",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"exporting",
|
|
"importing",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"resending",
|
|
"returning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"packing (off)",
|
|
"sending",
|
|
"shipping",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"transporting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exterminator dispatched the termites with professional efficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bumping off",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"scragging",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"martyring",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"euthanizing",
|
|
"euthanatizing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"suiciding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during his reign of terror the dictator dispatched thousands without the slightest qualm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"bumping off",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispel":{
|
|
"to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"ingather"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden downpour dispelled the throng of street revelers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglutinate",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"squander"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispelled":{
|
|
"to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"ingathered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden downpour dispelled the throng of street revelers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglutinated",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"unified",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"diffused",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"squandered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispensed":{
|
|
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misallocated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a conscientious pharmacist never dispenses pills to people without assurances that they understand the instructions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudged",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"deprived (of)",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"niggled (out)",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"stinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admeasured",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"dished out",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divvied (up)",
|
|
"dolloped (out)",
|
|
"lotted",
|
|
"measured (out)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"proportioned",
|
|
"rationed",
|
|
"redistributed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"shared (out)",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"chipped in",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"reallocated",
|
|
"reapportioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispersing":{
|
|
"to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"ingathering"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family of the missing woman dispersed searchers to all corners of the national park"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglutinating",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"unifying",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"splitting (up)",
|
|
"diffusing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the campaign staff dispersed almost immediately after the election"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"hanging together"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demobilizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dissolving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crowd dispersed once the show ended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"branching (out)",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"forking",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"evanescing",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"going (away)",
|
|
"melting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"displaced":{
|
|
"as in dispossessed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the place or position of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slight tremor displaced the dishes on the shelves, but didn't do any real damage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"moored",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stabilized",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"rooted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"carted",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"lugged",
|
|
"toted",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"transplanted",
|
|
"transported",
|
|
"replaced",
|
|
"superseded",
|
|
"supplanted",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"dislocated",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"relocated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"repositioned",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transposed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to force to leave a country":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"World War II displaced people all over Europe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"naturalized",
|
|
"repatriated",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expulsed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"ran out",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"excommunicated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"dispossessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expatriated",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"transported"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowned",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"throned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the CEO was summarily displaced after the hostile takeover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"elected"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"supplanted",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"usurped",
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"extruded",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defrocked",
|
|
"deposed",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"dethroned",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"uncrowned",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"unthroned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the place of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inefficient methods displaced by newer ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"preempted",
|
|
"usurped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"displanted",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"replaced",
|
|
"substituted",
|
|
"superseded",
|
|
"supplanted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"displaces":{
|
|
"to change the place or position of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slight tremor displaced the dishes on the shelves, but didn't do any real damage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"freezes",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"stabilizes",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"carts",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"lugs",
|
|
"totes",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"transplants",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"supplants",
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"makes over",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"redoes",
|
|
"refashions",
|
|
"remakes",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks",
|
|
"varies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"dislocates",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"relocates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"repositions",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transposes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to force to leave a country":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"World War II displaced people all over Europe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"naturalizes",
|
|
"repatriates",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"expulses",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"runs out",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"excommunicates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"dispossesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriates",
|
|
"relegates",
|
|
"transports"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
"thrones"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the CEO was summarily displaced after the hostile takeover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baptizes",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"inducts",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instates",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"elects"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"musters out",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"supplants",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"usurps",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"boots (out)",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"drums (out)",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"extrudes",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"runs off",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defrocks",
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"deprives",
|
|
"dethrones",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"uncrowns",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"unthrones"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the place of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inefficient methods displaced by newer ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"preempts",
|
|
"usurps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"displants",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"substitutes",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"supplants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"display":{
|
|
"a public showing of objects of interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a display of paintings by masters of French Impressionism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"extravaganza",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"presentment",
|
|
"sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"expo",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"show"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a display of sympathy that was totally phony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"charade",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"simulation",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"disclosure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"show"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actress who can display a great range of emotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"unbosom",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"display the best items at the front of the showcase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brandish",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"tell (of)",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"displeasure":{
|
|
"refusal to accept as right or desirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"favor"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fans showed their displeasure by loudly booing the umpire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"thumbs-up",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"sympathy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"thumbs-down",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"dispraise",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reprehension",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprobation",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"opposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the condition of being dissatisfied with one's life or situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his displeasure with his job intensified as the years wore on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"aggrievement",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"discontentedness",
|
|
"discontentment",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"dissatisfaction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disport":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disported themselves with silly games while they waited in the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hypnotize",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"solace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a full-service resort where vacationers may disport at a variety of indoor and outdoor activities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plug (away)",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
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"bum (around)",
|
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"dawdle",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
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"hang",
|
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"hang about",
|
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"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"lounge (around or about)",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"screw around",
|
|
"slack (off)",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"tease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
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|
"frolic",
|
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"play",
|
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"recreate",
|
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"rollick",
|
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"skylark",
|
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"sport",
|
|
"toy"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the puppies disported in the backyard while we ate on the patio"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"sulk"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"curvet",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roister",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyride",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"skylark",
|
|
"kite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"sport"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"football fans triumphantly disported the sports memorabilia for which they had just paid extravagant prices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brandish",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"tell (of)",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disported":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disported themselves with silly games while they waited in the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"busied",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"pleasured",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"regaled",
|
|
"solaced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a full-service resort where vacationers may disport at a variety of indoor and outdoor activities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plugged (away)",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strove",
|
|
"strived",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"bummed (around)",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"goldbricked",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lounged (around or about)",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"screwed around",
|
|
"slacked (off)",
|
|
"jested",
|
|
"joked",
|
|
"teased"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"rollicked",
|
|
"skylarked",
|
|
"sported",
|
|
"toyed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the puppies disported in the backyard while we ate on the patio"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"sulked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"curvetted",
|
|
"curveted",
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"roistered",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"clowned",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyrode",
|
|
"roughhoused",
|
|
"skylarked",
|
|
"kited"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"larked",
|
|
"rollicked",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"sported"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"football fans triumphantly disported the sports memorabilia for which they had just paid extravagant prices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brandished",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"heralded",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"trumpeted",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"talked (about)",
|
|
"told (of)",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"flaunted",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"sported",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disporting":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disported themselves with silly games while they waited in the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasuring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"regaling",
|
|
"solacing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a full-service resort where vacationers may disport at a variety of indoor and outdoor activities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plugging (away)",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"bumming (around)",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging (around or about)",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"screwing around",
|
|
"slacking (off)",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"toying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the puppies disported in the backyard while we ate on the patio"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"sulking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"curvetting",
|
|
"curveting",
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"joyriding",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"kiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"larking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"sporting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"football fans triumphantly disported the sports memorabilia for which they had just paid extravagant prices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brandishing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"talking (about)",
|
|
"telling (of)",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disposal":{
|
|
"the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trash disposal is on Wednesday in our neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"acquirement",
|
|
"acquisition",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"gathering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"destruction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"removal",
|
|
"riddance",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"throwing away"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the disposal of troops along the ridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"disruption",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"disconnection",
|
|
"disjointedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"continuity",
|
|
"precedence",
|
|
"priority",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"procession",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"alignment",
|
|
"alinement",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"structure",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disposed":{
|
|
"having a desire or inclination (as for a specified course of action)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"unamenable",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dog that is disposed to bite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"reticent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"predisposed",
|
|
"prone",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"fain",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looking for the perfect spot to dispose the new knickknack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"dislodged",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"replaced",
|
|
"superseded",
|
|
"supplanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"rearranged",
|
|
"reordered",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"oriented",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"located",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"planked",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plumped",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked",
|
|
"plunked down",
|
|
"plonked down",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"niched",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"berthed",
|
|
"parked",
|
|
"affixed",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"wedged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"queued",
|
|
"ranked",
|
|
"set down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposed",
|
|
"deposited",
|
|
"emplaced",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"positioned",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"situated",
|
|
"stuck"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mussed (up)",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disposed the surgical instruments in the exact order in which they would be needed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied (up)",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"cued",
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"queued",
|
|
"alphabetized",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"hierarchized",
|
|
"prioritized",
|
|
"sequenced",
|
|
"emplaced",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"mapped (out)",
|
|
"set out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispositions":{
|
|
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a woman with a disposition to fuss about trivial matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allergies",
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"disinclinations",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"disrelishes",
|
|
"distastes",
|
|
"detachments",
|
|
"impartialities",
|
|
"neutralities",
|
|
"objectivities",
|
|
"apathies",
|
|
"indifferences",
|
|
"insouciances",
|
|
"nonchalances"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"partisanships",
|
|
"prejudices",
|
|
"endowments",
|
|
"faculties",
|
|
"flairs",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"talents",
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"appetites",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"fortes",
|
|
"specialities",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"wonts",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"singularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"affinities",
|
|
"aptitudes",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"habitudes",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all that remains is a disposition regarding the custody of the two children"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"treaties",
|
|
"binders",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"entente cordiales",
|
|
"ententes",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"pacts",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"understandings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one's characteristic attitude or mood":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has a cheerful disposition and is very rarely depressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"mind-sets",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
"viewpoints",
|
|
"emotions",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"sentiments",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"tones",
|
|
"veins",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"identities",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"mettles",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selfhoods",
|
|
"self-identities",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"sensibilities",
|
|
"sensitivities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"temperaments",
|
|
"tempers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to find some means for the disposition of all of this junk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"acquirements",
|
|
"acquisitions",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"gatherings"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"clearings",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"destructions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disposals",
|
|
"dumpings",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"removals",
|
|
"riddances"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"planned the disposition of events at her wedding with a precision that military commanders would envy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizations",
|
|
"disruptions",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"disconnections"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"continuities",
|
|
"precedences",
|
|
"priorities",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"processions",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"successions",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"alignments",
|
|
"alinements",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"structures",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposals",
|
|
"distributions",
|
|
"orderings",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"setups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispraising":{
|
|
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie is an old-fashioned romance, and in calling it that, I don't mean to dispraise it at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"sanctioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skewering",
|
|
"tweaking",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"nicking (at)",
|
|
"sniping (at)",
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"crucifying",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"gibbeting",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"pillorying",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"upbraiding",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"discommending",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"slagging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disproof":{
|
|
"something (as an argument) that serves to disprove":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"proof"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the DNA evidence was all the disproof needed to overturn the wrongful conviction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attestation",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"corroboration",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"testament",
|
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"testimony",
|
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"validation",
|
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"witness",
|
|
"authentication",
|
|
"identification",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"verification"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counterargument",
|
|
"counterevidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confutation",
|
|
"disconfirmation",
|
|
"rebuttal",
|
|
"refutation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disprove":{
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"verify"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe disproved any lingering notions that the earth is flat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"document",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"back (up)",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"adduce",
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"manifest"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"hash (over)",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"talk over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"disconfirm",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"shoot down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disproving":{
|
|
"as in refuting , confuting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"verifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe disproved any lingering notions that the earth is flat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"evidencing",
|
|
"evincing",
|
|
"recording",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"backing (up)",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"adducing",
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"manifesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"overturning",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"mistrusting",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"hashing (over)",
|
|
"mooting",
|
|
"talking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belying",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"disconfirming",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"shooting down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disputed":{
|
|
"as in controversial , debated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"swallowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a whole slew of relatives eager to dispute his claim to being the sole heir"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"kicked (about)",
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"oppugned",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hometown fans disputing with visiting fans over which had the better team"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexisted",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"concurred",
|
|
"consented"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"nitpicked",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"protested"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"argufied",
|
|
"bickered",
|
|
"brabbled",
|
|
"brawled",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"fell out",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"quarreled",
|
|
"quarrelled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"rowed",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"spatted",
|
|
"squabbled",
|
|
"tiffed",
|
|
"wrangled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in an extended session the city council disputed the need for a new high school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"spoke (about)",
|
|
"talked (about)",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"propounded",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"talked out",
|
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
|
"wrestled (with)",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"bandied",
|
|
"batted (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"hashed (over or out)",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"talked over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disqualified":{
|
|
"as in decertified , delegitimized":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ineligible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disquietude":{
|
|
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as updates of the devastation caused by the earthquake poured in, our disquietude only increased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"placidness",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"desperateness",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"franticness",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"tremor",
|
|
"angst",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agita",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"concernment",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"nervosity",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disrate":{
|
|
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several noncommissioned officers had been disrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hire"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"lower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demote",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disregard":{
|
|
"lack of interest or concern":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"regard"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"revelers firing guns in the air with complete disregard for the possible consequences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"conscientiousness",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"warmheartedness",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"lukewarmness",
|
|
"tepidity",
|
|
"tepidness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"dispassion",
|
|
"callosity",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"impassiveness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"stoicism",
|
|
"stolidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"incuriosity",
|
|
"incuriousness",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this essay is so good that I can safely disregard a couple of spelling errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"object (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate",
|
|
"waive",
|
|
"wave (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink (at)",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"gloze (over)",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"paper over",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"wink (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"tend (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disregarded the posted warnings of avalanche danger and went skiing anyway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"omit",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"skimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disregarded the wishes of his tradition-conscious family in his choice of a bride"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slur (over)",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"flout",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disrelish":{
|
|
"a strong feeling of not liking or approving":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she showed a clear disrelish for the task of taking on her coworker's responsibilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"dissatisfaction",
|
|
"jaundice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"mislike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel dislike for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"cotton (to)",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I disrelish the thought of sitting through endless meetings on the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"prefer"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"resent",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"cringe (at)",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"shy (from or away from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"mislike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disrelishes":{
|
|
"a strong feeling of not liking or approving":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appetites",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she showed a clear disrelish for the task of taking on her coworker's responsibilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"devotions",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disgusts",
|
|
"distastes",
|
|
"loathings",
|
|
"nauseas",
|
|
"repugnances",
|
|
"repulsions",
|
|
"revulsions",
|
|
"abhorrences",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"antipathies",
|
|
"detestations",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"hatreds",
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"displeasures",
|
|
"dissatisfactions",
|
|
"jaundices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allergies",
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"disinclinations",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"mislikes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel dislike for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"cottons (to)",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I disrelish the thought of sitting through endless meetings on the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"drinks (in)",
|
|
"savors",
|
|
"savours",
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"prefers"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"resents",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"cringes (at)",
|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
|
"frowns (on or upon)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"shies (from or away from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"mislikes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disrepute":{
|
|
"the state of having lost the esteem of others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a once proud name fallen into disrepute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"repute"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scandal",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliation",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"stigma",
|
|
"taint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disrobe":{
|
|
"to remove clothing from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"gown",
|
|
"robe"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor instructed the patient to disrobe himself before the examination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"garment",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"rig (out)",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"swaddle",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"accoutre",
|
|
"accouter",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"outfit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"peel",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disrupted":{
|
|
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an earthquake that had disrupted the elevated highway in several places"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"shivered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"chipped",
|
|
"slivered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dismembered",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"rived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the arrival of a baby in the household would totally disrupt their established routine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"queued",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"methodized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"systemized",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"unscrambled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"cluttered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dislocated",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"hashed",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diss":{
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't take it wrong\u2014I don't mean it as a dis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rude behavior":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the refs can penalize a player for any dis on the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"respectfulness",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"respectableness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"caddishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"crabbedness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"disrespectfulness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impertinency",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"are you dissing me?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"sneer (at)",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"wound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't dis my idea until you come up with a better one"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"nick (at)",
|
|
"snipe (at)",
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"crucify",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"gibbet",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pillory",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"upbraid",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"dispraise",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"slag"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a DJ who has dissed every album that artist has put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"derogate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"poor-mouth",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"talk down",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trash-talk",
|
|
"vilipend",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show contempt for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't you go dissing somebody just because you've got a few more dollars than they do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"lionize",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"approve (of)",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"subscribe (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemn",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"look down (on or upon)",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"sniff (at)",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissatisfactory":{
|
|
"falling short of a standard":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this report is completely dissatisfactory on several counts"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"bush-league",
|
|
"crummy",
|
|
"crumby",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"suboptimal",
|
|
"subpar",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wack",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissecting":{
|
|
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's dissect the plot of this thriller to see what makes it thrilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerating",
|
|
"aggregating",
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"synthesizing",
|
|
"unifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"diagnosing",
|
|
"evaluating",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"assorting",
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"diagramming",
|
|
"diagraming",
|
|
"enumerating",
|
|
"indexing",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"schematizing",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"tabulating",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"segmenting",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"subdividing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
|
"assaying",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"deconstructing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissections":{
|
|
"the separation and identification of the parts of a whole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the book's dissection of the problem of obesity in this country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"amalgamations",
|
|
"assimilations",
|
|
"coalescences",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"consolidations",
|
|
"integrations",
|
|
"syntheses",
|
|
"unifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"evaluations",
|
|
"examinations",
|
|
"inspections",
|
|
"investigations",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"scrutinies",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"categorizations",
|
|
"classifications",
|
|
"codifications",
|
|
"indexings",
|
|
"enumerations",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"itemizations",
|
|
"tabulations",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"segmentations",
|
|
"separations",
|
|
"subdivisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyses",
|
|
"anatomies",
|
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"assays",
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
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"deconstructions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissembled":{
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he dissembled happiness at the news that his old girlfriend was getting married\u2014to someone else"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissimulated",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"feinted",
|
|
"malingered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"passed (for)",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"children learn to dissemble at a surprisingly early age"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"feinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"pretended"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disseminate":{
|
|
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"activists sent by the organization to disseminate their views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"hold (in)",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"secrete",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"sprawl",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"pass (on)",
|
|
"transmit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disseminates":{
|
|
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"activists sent by the organization to disseminate their views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"holds (in)",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"secretes",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"sprawls",
|
|
"diffuses",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"passes (on)",
|
|
"transmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissensions":{
|
|
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"concordances",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"harmonies",
|
|
"peaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"religious dissension threatened to split the colony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"cooperations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collisions",
|
|
"competitions",
|
|
"contentions",
|
|
"altercations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"fallings-out",
|
|
"falling-outs",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"run-ins",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"incompatibilities",
|
|
"incongruences",
|
|
"incongruities",
|
|
"inconsistences",
|
|
"inconsistencies",
|
|
"inconsonances",
|
|
"animosities",
|
|
"antagonisms",
|
|
"antipathies",
|
|
"cold wars",
|
|
"enmities",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"ill wills",
|
|
"rancors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"disaccords",
|
|
"discordances",
|
|
"discordancies",
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"disharmonies",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"dissidences",
|
|
"dissonances",
|
|
"disunions",
|
|
"disunities",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"frictions",
|
|
"infightings",
|
|
"inharmonies",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"strifes",
|
|
"variances",
|
|
"warfares",
|
|
"wars"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"variance of opinion on a matter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"consensuses",
|
|
"harmonies",
|
|
"unanimities"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"continued dissension among historians on the exact spot of Columbus's first landing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"compliances",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"peaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collisions",
|
|
"conflictions",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"disaccords",
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"dissonances",
|
|
"divarications",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contentions",
|
|
"strifes",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"altercations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"fallings-out",
|
|
"falling-outs",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"kickups",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"set-tos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contestations",
|
|
"controversies",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"disputations",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"dissensuses",
|
|
"firestorms",
|
|
"nonconcurrences"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"dissent":{
|
|
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"concordance",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"considerable dissent within the party's rank and file"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"cooperation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"run-in",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"inconsistence",
|
|
"inconsistency",
|
|
"inconsonance",
|
|
"inharmoniousness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"cold war",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"rancor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"disaccord",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"discordancy",
|
|
"disharmony",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"dissonance",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"disunity",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"infighting",
|
|
"inharmony",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"variance",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"warfare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"departure from a generally accepted theory, opinion, or practice":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"orthodoxy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the church reacted to any form of dissent by promptly excommunicating its proponents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"conformation",
|
|
"conventionality"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"misbelief",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"apostasy",
|
|
"defection",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"sectarianism",
|
|
"separatism",
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"deviation",
|
|
"iconoclasm",
|
|
"unconventionality",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"heresy",
|
|
"heterodoxy",
|
|
"nonconformity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a different opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"concur"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anyone who dissented was encouraged to speak out while they had the chance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"comply",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"defer",
|
|
"subscribe",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"collude",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"side"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"fall out",
|
|
"quarrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"differ",
|
|
"disagree",
|
|
"nonconcur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissenting":{
|
|
"deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"orthodox"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dissenting views were ruthlessly suppressed under the dictatorship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"free-spirited",
|
|
"freethinking",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defecting",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"schismatic",
|
|
"schismatical",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"separatist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissentient",
|
|
"dissident",
|
|
"heretical",
|
|
"heretic",
|
|
"heterodox",
|
|
"iconoclastic",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a different opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"concurring"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anyone who dissented was encouraged to speak out while they had the chance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"deferring",
|
|
"subscribing",
|
|
"affiliating",
|
|
"allying",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"collaborating",
|
|
"colluding",
|
|
"coming round",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"cooperating",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"siding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bickering",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"quarreling",
|
|
"quarrelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"differing",
|
|
"disagreeing",
|
|
"nonconcurring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disserts":{
|
|
"as in expounds , pontificates":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissident":{
|
|
"a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformer",
|
|
"conformist"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the conference drew political dissidents of every ilk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"believer"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"schismatic",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"separationist",
|
|
"separatist",
|
|
"disbeliever",
|
|
"infidel",
|
|
"misbeliever",
|
|
"unbeliever",
|
|
"bohemian",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissenter",
|
|
"dissentient",
|
|
"heresiarch",
|
|
"heretic",
|
|
"nonconformist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"orthodox"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dissident elements within the Catholic Church"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"free-spirited",
|
|
"freethinking",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defecting",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"schismatic",
|
|
"schismatical",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"separatist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissentient",
|
|
"dissenting",
|
|
"heretical",
|
|
"heretic",
|
|
"heterodox",
|
|
"iconoclastic",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissimilitude":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being different":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alikeness",
|
|
"analogousness",
|
|
"analogy",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"similarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a real dissimilitude between literature and film, and a critic shouldn't evaluate one in terms of the other"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"identicalness",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"accordance",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"parallelism",
|
|
"similitude",
|
|
"equality",
|
|
"equivalence",
|
|
"equivalency",
|
|
"homogeneity",
|
|
"homogeneousness",
|
|
"uniformity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"differentiability",
|
|
"discriminability",
|
|
"distinguishability",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"modification",
|
|
"variation",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"disunity",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variance",
|
|
"anomalousness",
|
|
"dichotomy",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"nonconformity",
|
|
"disproportion",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"nonequivalence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"diverseness",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"otherness",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissimulated":{
|
|
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as an actress she had been trained to dissimulate , so she had no trouble hiding her true feelings offstage as well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"feinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"pretended"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissimulating":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as an actress she had been trained to dissimulate , so she had no trouble hiding her true feelings offstage as well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"feinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"pretending"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissociates":{
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unifies",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attempts to dissociate herself from her troubled past"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"agglutinates",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"cements",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"knits",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"welds"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"bifurcates",
|
|
"bisects",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"dichotomizes",
|
|
"dissects",
|
|
"fractionalizes",
|
|
"fractionates",
|
|
"halves",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"subdivides",
|
|
"trisects",
|
|
"fragmentates",
|
|
"fragmentizes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"fractures",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"rifts",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rives",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"insulates",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"secludes",
|
|
"segregates",
|
|
"sequesters",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"decouples",
|
|
"disassociates",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"ramifies",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"uncouples",
|
|
"unlinks",
|
|
"unyokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissociating":{
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"unifying",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attempts to dissociate herself from her troubled past"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"agglutinating",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"cementing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"welding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"bifurcating",
|
|
"bisecting",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"dichotomizing",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"fractionalizing",
|
|
"fractionating",
|
|
"halving",
|
|
"partitioning",
|
|
"quartering",
|
|
"segmenting",
|
|
"subdividing",
|
|
"trisecting",
|
|
"fragmentating",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"fragmentizing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"fracturing",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"rifting",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"rupturing",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"secluding",
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"sequestering",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"decoupling",
|
|
"disassociating",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"ramifying",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"unyoking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissociation":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissolution":{
|
|
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dissolution of the empire into a patchwork of petty kingdoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"conjunction",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"linkage",
|
|
"linkup",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"fusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disassembly",
|
|
"dismemberment",
|
|
"segmentation",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"atomization",
|
|
"dichotomization",
|
|
"polarization",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"dispersal",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"apportionment",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"sequestration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"cleavage",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"fractionalization",
|
|
"fractionation",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the junta's first acts was the dissolution of the national assembly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"legislation",
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"formalization",
|
|
"legalization",
|
|
"legitimation",
|
|
"legitimization",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratification",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"mandating",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"prescription"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"retraction",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbiddance",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"elimination",
|
|
"eradication",
|
|
"erasure",
|
|
"liquidation",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"abolishment",
|
|
"abolition",
|
|
"abrogation",
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"cancellation",
|
|
"cancelation",
|
|
"defeasance",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescindment",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she believed that her leukemia, although in remission, would eventually be the cause of her dissolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissuaded":{
|
|
"to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"persuaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to dissuade her from her intention to drop out of college"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egged (on)",
|
|
"exhorted",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"prompted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"unsold",
|
|
"repelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"inhibited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissuades":{
|
|
"to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"persuades"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to dissuade her from her intention to drop out of college"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eggs (on)",
|
|
"exhorts",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"prompts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"unsells",
|
|
"repels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"inhibits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissuading":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"persuading"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to dissuade her from her intention to drop out of college"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egging (on)",
|
|
"exhorting",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"prompting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"unselling",
|
|
"repelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"inhibiting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distance":{
|
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a region marked by great, featureless distances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"latitude",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"expanse",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being different":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alikeness",
|
|
"analogousness",
|
|
"analogy",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"similarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the brothers' personalities are like the distance between night and day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"identicalness",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"accordance",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"parallelism",
|
|
"similitude",
|
|
"equality",
|
|
"equivalence",
|
|
"equivalency",
|
|
"homogeneity",
|
|
"homogeneousness",
|
|
"uniformity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"differentiability",
|
|
"discriminability",
|
|
"distinguishability",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"modification",
|
|
"variation",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"disunity",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variance",
|
|
"anomalousness",
|
|
"dichotomy",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"nonconformity",
|
|
"disproportion",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"nonequivalence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"dissimilitude",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"diverseness",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"otherness",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the distance between the earth and the sun is about 93 million miles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"altitude",
|
|
"area",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"width",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"clearance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"spacing",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"way"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distanced":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distant":{
|
|
"being not of the same kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"similar"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a marriage between two people from very distant cultures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"selfsame",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"tantamount",
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"homological",
|
|
"homologous",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"homogeneous",
|
|
"homogenous",
|
|
"uniform"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"several",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"variant",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"differentiable",
|
|
"discriminable",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"disproportionate",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"unequal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"distinguishable",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"nonidentical",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"warm"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was distant and distracted all throughout the interview"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"indrawn",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"nongregarious",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"clinical",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"cliquey",
|
|
"cliquish",
|
|
"clubbish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"asocial",
|
|
"buttoned-up",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-eyed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"offish",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unclubbable",
|
|
"unsociable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not close in time or space":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the distant towers were barely visible in the fog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"contiguous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"nowhere",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlying",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"sequestered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"away",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"far-flung",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"removed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distantly":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distempered":{
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite his career success, he has been distempered by nagging feelings of inadequacy his whole life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"flurried",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distending":{
|
|
"to make or become larger especially because of pressure from inside":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The illness can cause the stomach to distend ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distil":{
|
|
"to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basement walls distill water every time it rains heavily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"riffle",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"discharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"distill the water before pouring it in the steam iron"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"process",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"elutriate",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"leach",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"sieve",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"purify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distinctiveness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being different":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alikeness",
|
|
"analogousness",
|
|
"analogy",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"similarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pronounced distinctiveness of his style of playing the violin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"identicalness",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"accordance",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"parallelism",
|
|
"similitude",
|
|
"equality",
|
|
"equivalence",
|
|
"equivalency",
|
|
"homogeneity",
|
|
"homogeneousness",
|
|
"uniformity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"differentiability",
|
|
"discriminability",
|
|
"distinguishability",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"modification",
|
|
"variation",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"disunity",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variance",
|
|
"anomalousness",
|
|
"dichotomy",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"nonconformity",
|
|
"disproportion",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"nonequivalence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"dissimilitude",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"diverseness",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"otherness",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distinguishable":{
|
|
"able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"undetectable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an evening star easily distinguishable by the naked eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inaudible",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"audible",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ponderable",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"identifiable",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"apprehensible",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"sensible"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being not of the same kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"similar"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"snowflakes are distinguishable from each other under a microscope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"selfsame",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"tantamount",
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"homological",
|
|
"homologous",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"homogeneous",
|
|
"homogenous",
|
|
"uniform"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"several",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"variant",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"differentiable",
|
|
"discriminable",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"disproportionate",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"unequal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"nonidentical",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distinguishes":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on the exam we were asked to distinguish the specimens by acidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"misclassifies",
|
|
"missorts",
|
|
"mistypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"alphabetizes",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"pigeonholes",
|
|
"shelves",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"winnows",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"colligates",
|
|
"recategorizes",
|
|
"reclassifies",
|
|
"regroups",
|
|
"subcategorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"compartmentalizes",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"relegates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"types"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be an important feature of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a collection of recipes distinguished by their ease and simplicity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"differentiates",
|
|
"customizes",
|
|
"individualizes",
|
|
"particularizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characterizes",
|
|
"marks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find out or establish the identity of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"learned at an early age to distinguish the sound of a piano in an orchestra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"reveals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fingers",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"IDs",
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
|
"singles (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could barely distinguish the garden gate through the mist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peers (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to understand or point out the difference in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"mixes (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even at such a young age, he could distinguish the calls of various birds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"lumps (together)",
|
|
"mingles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contradistinguishes",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"understands",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"demarcates",
|
|
"marks (off)",
|
|
"sets off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"differentiates",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"discriminates",
|
|
"secerns",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distortion":{
|
|
"the twisting of something out of its natural or normal shape or condition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to total the car due to a distortion of the chassis resulting from collision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"deformity",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"malformation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contortion",
|
|
"deformation",
|
|
"misshaping",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"squinching",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"warping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distracting":{
|
|
"as in perplexing , bewildering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were distracted from our discussion by the noise outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"straying",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"detracting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"throwing off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"distracted by the looming tax deadline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"unnerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"derailing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distempering",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"flurrying",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distraction":{
|
|
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in my distraction I forgot where I was"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"positiveness",
|
|
"sureness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abashment",
|
|
"discomfiture",
|
|
"disconcertment",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"mortification",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
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"perturbation",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"turmoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bafflement",
|
|
"bamboozlement",
|
|
"befuddlement",
|
|
"bemusement",
|
|
"bewilderedness",
|
|
"bewilderment",
|
|
"confusedness",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"discombobulation",
|
|
"fog",
|
|
"head-scratching",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"mystification",
|
|
"perplexity",
|
|
"puzzlement",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"driven to distraction by the constant screaming and bickering in the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"brouhaha",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"deliriousness",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"feverishness",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"downer",
|
|
"drag"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a harmless distraction for children at the playground"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"pastime",
|
|
"time killer",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"whoopee",
|
|
"picnic",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"divertissement",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"recreation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the founder of a recovery program who doesn't view gambling as a harmless distraction for people of modest means"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nightlife",
|
|
"show business",
|
|
"delectation",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"presentment",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"escapism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"recreation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distraught":{
|
|
"feeling overwhelming fear or worry":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"unhysterical"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"distraught relatives waiting to learn whether there were any survivors of the plane crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"wrought (up)",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"aghast",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distrait",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distributed":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"distribute the assignments according to seniority"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"misclassified",
|
|
"missorted",
|
|
"mis-sorted",
|
|
"mistyped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"alphabetized",
|
|
"cataloged",
|
|
"catalogued",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"indexed",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"pigeonholed",
|
|
"shelved",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"winnowed",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"colligated",
|
|
"recategorized",
|
|
"reclassified",
|
|
"regrouped",
|
|
"subcategorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"compartmentalized",
|
|
"compartmented",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"ranked",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"typed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give as a share or portion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"committed to distributing the school's limited scholarship money so that it benefits more students"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudged",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"deprived (of)",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"stinted",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"confiscated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admeasured",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"dealt",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"metered",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated",
|
|
"shared (out)",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"earmarked",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"chipped in",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"reallocated",
|
|
"reapportioned",
|
|
"reassigned",
|
|
"redistributed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"lotted",
|
|
"rationed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misallocated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"distributed pamphlets on recycling to everyone in the neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudged",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"deprived (of)",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"niggled (out)",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"stinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admeasured",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"dished out",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divvied (up)",
|
|
"dolloped (out)",
|
|
"lotted",
|
|
"measured (out)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"proportioned",
|
|
"rationed",
|
|
"redistributed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"shared (out)",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"chipped in",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"reallocated",
|
|
"reapportioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distributing":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"distribute the assignments according to seniority"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"misclassifying",
|
|
"missorting",
|
|
"mis-sorting",
|
|
"mistyping"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"alphabetizing",
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"indexing",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"pigeonholing",
|
|
"shelving",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"sieving",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"winnowing",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"colligating",
|
|
"recategorizing",
|
|
"reclassifying",
|
|
"regrouping",
|
|
"subcategorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorting",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"classing",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"compartmentalizing",
|
|
"compartmenting",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"grading",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"relegating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"typing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give as a share or portion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"committed to distributing the school's limited scholarship money so that it benefits more students"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"depriving (of)",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"confiscating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admeasuring",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"measuring",
|
|
"metering",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"parceling (out)",
|
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"portioning",
|
|
"prorating",
|
|
"sharing (out)",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"according",
|
|
"awarding",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"earmarking",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"chipping in",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"reallocating",
|
|
"reapportioning",
|
|
"reassigning",
|
|
"redistributing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"allotting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"apportioning",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"lotting",
|
|
"rationing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misallocating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"distributed pamphlets on recycling to everyone in the neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"depriving (of)",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"niggling (out)",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"stinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admeasuring",
|
|
"allotting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"dishing out",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divvying (up)",
|
|
"dolloping (out)",
|
|
"lotting",
|
|
"measuring (out)",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"proportioning",
|
|
"rationing",
|
|
"redistributing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"sharing (out)",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"disbursing",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"chipping in",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"reallocating",
|
|
"reapportioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"apportioning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"parceling (out)",
|
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
|
"portioning",
|
|
"prorating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distrusted":{
|
|
"to have no trust or confidence in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"trusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we instinctively distrust those phone calls that tell us we have won a free vacation or car"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banked (on or upon)",
|
|
"counted (on or upon)",
|
|
"depended (on or upon)",
|
|
"relied (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disbelieved",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"negated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"misdoubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"suspected"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distrusts":{
|
|
"to have no trust or confidence in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"trusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we instinctively distrust those phone calls that tell us we have won a free vacation or car"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banks (on or upon)",
|
|
"counts (on or upon)",
|
|
"depends (on or upon)",
|
|
"relies (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disbelieves",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"negates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"misdoubts",
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"suspects"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disturb":{
|
|
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"oblige"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please do not disturb yourself\u2014I'll get my own drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"saddle",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discommode",
|
|
"disoblige",
|
|
"incommode",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the place or position of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the items on her desk had been disturbed by someone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stabilize",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"root"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"cart",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"lug",
|
|
"tote",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"transplant",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"supplant",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"vary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"dislocate",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"relocate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"reposition",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transpose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sorry to disturb you while you're working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gnaw",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"butt in",
|
|
"cut in (on)",
|
|
"obtrude",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"intrude (upon)",
|
|
"pester"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all that talk of war disturbed us"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"unnerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"derail",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distemper",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her careful filing system is sure to be disturbed during the move"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"methodize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"unscramble"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"clutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dislocate",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganize",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tousle",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disturbance":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went to investigate the disturbance outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"tizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"caused a disturbance in the carefully ordered proceedings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"unsettledness",
|
|
"unsettlement",
|
|
"upheaval"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"derangement",
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"disruption",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the assistant apologized for the disturbance and got straight to the point"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[
|
|
"aggro",
|
|
"molestation",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"persecution",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"torment",
|
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"torture",
|
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"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"mischief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"bedevilment",
|
|
"botheration",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"harassment",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"importunity",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"vexation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"disturbed":{
|
|
"as in paranoid , delusional":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in troubled , agitated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"obliged"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please do not disturb yourself\u2014I'll get my own drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burdened",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"saddled",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discommoded",
|
|
"disobliged",
|
|
"incommoded",
|
|
"inconvenienced",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"troubled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the place or position of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the items on her desk had been disturbed by someone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"moored",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stabilized",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"rooted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"carted",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"lugged",
|
|
"toted",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"transplanted",
|
|
"transported",
|
|
"replaced",
|
|
"superseded",
|
|
"supplanted",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"dislocated",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"relocated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"repositioned",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transposed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sorry to disturb you while you're working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inconvenienced",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"deviled",
|
|
"devilled",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"dunned",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"gnawed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"butted in",
|
|
"cut in (on)",
|
|
"obtruded",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"trespassed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"intruded (upon)",
|
|
"pestered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all that talk of war disturbed us"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distempered",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"flurried",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her careful filing system is sure to be disturbed during the move"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"queued",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"methodized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"systemized",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"unscrambled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"cluttered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dislocated",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"hashed",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disturbing":{
|
|
"causing annoyance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a disturbing visit by the next-door neighbor while I was trying to study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"brattish",
|
|
"bratty",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"distractive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"thorny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"carking",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pesky",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"pesty",
|
|
"plaguey",
|
|
"plaguy",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rebarbative",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing embarrassment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a disturbing silence as I struggled to remember her name"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwieldy",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"mortifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"uncomfortable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing worry or anxiety":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a disturbing trend in the nation's energy consumption"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"persecutive",
|
|
"persecutory",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a disturbing pause in the normally smooth operation of the machinery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"unrestful",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"embarrassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"nail-biting",
|
|
"nerve-racking",
|
|
"nerve-wracking",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"obliging"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please do not disturb yourself\u2014I'll get my own drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burdening",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"saddling",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"handicapping",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"interfering (with)",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discommoding",
|
|
"disobliging",
|
|
"incommoding",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"troubling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the place or position of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the items on her desk had been disturbed by someone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"mooring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"stabilizing",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"rooting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"carting",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"hauling",
|
|
"lugging",
|
|
"toting",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"transplanting",
|
|
"transporting",
|
|
"replacing",
|
|
"superseding",
|
|
"supplanting",
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"varying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"dislocating",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"relocating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"repositioning",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transposing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sorry to disturb you while you're working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"deviling",
|
|
"devilling",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"dunning",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"gnawing",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"butting in",
|
|
"cutting in (on)",
|
|
"obtruding",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"intruding (upon)",
|
|
"pestering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all that talk of war disturbed us"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"unnerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"derailing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distempering",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"flurrying",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her careful filing system is sure to be disturbed during the move"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"methodizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"grooming",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"unscrambling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"cluttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"deranging",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dislocating",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"disorganizing",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"hashing",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"mussing",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tousling",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disunion":{
|
|
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"concordance",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"political union may no longer be possible for a country continuously racked by religious disunion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"cooperation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"run-in",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"inconsistence",
|
|
"inconsistency",
|
|
"inconsonance",
|
|
"inharmoniousness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"cold war",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"rancor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"disaccord",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"discordancy",
|
|
"disharmony",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"dissonance",
|
|
"disunity",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"infighting",
|
|
"inharmony",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"variance",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"warfare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the 19th century the volatile issue of slavery resulted in the disunion of several Protestant denominations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"conjunction",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"linkage",
|
|
"linkup",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"fusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disassembly",
|
|
"dismemberment",
|
|
"segmentation",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"atomization",
|
|
"dichotomization",
|
|
"polarization",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"dispersal",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"apportionment",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"sequestration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"cleavage",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"fractionalization",
|
|
"fractionation",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disunions":{
|
|
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"concordances",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"harmonies",
|
|
"peaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"political union may no longer be possible for a country continuously racked by religious disunion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"cooperations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collisions",
|
|
"competitions",
|
|
"contentions",
|
|
"altercations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"fallings-out",
|
|
"falling-outs",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"run-ins",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"incompatibilities",
|
|
"incongruences",
|
|
"incongruities",
|
|
"inconsistences",
|
|
"inconsistencies",
|
|
"inconsonances",
|
|
"animosities",
|
|
"antagonisms",
|
|
"antipathies",
|
|
"cold wars",
|
|
"enmities",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"ill wills",
|
|
"rancors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"disaccords",
|
|
"discordances",
|
|
"discordancies",
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"disharmonies",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"dissidences",
|
|
"dissonances",
|
|
"disunities",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"frictions",
|
|
"infightings",
|
|
"inharmonies",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"strifes",
|
|
"variances",
|
|
"warfares",
|
|
"wars"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unifications",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the 19th century the volatile issue of slavery resulted in the disunion of several Protestant denominations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"conjunctions",
|
|
"connections",
|
|
"linkages",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"linkups",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"consolidations",
|
|
"fusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"severances",
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"disassemblies",
|
|
"dismemberments",
|
|
"segmentations",
|
|
"subdivisions",
|
|
"atomizations",
|
|
"dichotomizations",
|
|
"polarizations",
|
|
"diffusions",
|
|
"dispersals",
|
|
"dispersions",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"administrations",
|
|
"apportionments",
|
|
"distributions",
|
|
"isolations",
|
|
"seclusions",
|
|
"segregations",
|
|
"sequestrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcations",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"cleavages",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"fractionalizations",
|
|
"fractionations",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"scissions",
|
|
"separations",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disunite":{
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attempted to disunite the members of the club by vicious gossip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"agglutinate",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"cement",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"weld"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"bifurcate",
|
|
"bisect",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"dichotomize",
|
|
"dissect",
|
|
"fractionalize",
|
|
"fractionate",
|
|
"halve",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"subdivide",
|
|
"trisect",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"fragmentate",
|
|
"fragmentize",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rive",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"sequester",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"untie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"decouple",
|
|
"disassociate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"ramify",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disunity":{
|
|
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"concordance",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"troubling signs of disunity within the normally peaceful organization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"cooperation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"run-in",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"inconsistence",
|
|
"inconsistency",
|
|
"inconsonance",
|
|
"inharmoniousness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"cold war",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"rancor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"disaccord",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"discordancy",
|
|
"disharmony",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"dissonance",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"infighting",
|
|
"inharmony",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"variance",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"warfare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disused":{
|
|
"left unoccupied or unused":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a disused warehouse that had become a den for drug dealers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaimed",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"retrieved",
|
|
"salvaged",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"rehabbed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"repeopled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"unattended",
|
|
"untended",
|
|
"castaway",
|
|
"cast-off",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"idle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forsaken",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"void"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disvaluing":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ditched":{
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ditched his wife for a woman 30 years his junior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hooked up (with)",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"befriended",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"high-hatted",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"marooned",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"broke off (with)",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"jilted",
|
|
"kissed off",
|
|
"left"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ditched the old table at the town dump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"deep-sixed",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"eighty-sixed",
|
|
"86'd",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dithyrambs":{
|
|
"a formal expression of praise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tongue-in-cheek dithyramb in honor of the chocolate chip cookie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"indictments",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproofs",
|
|
"admonitions",
|
|
"corrections",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"sermons"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"dedications",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"acclamations",
|
|
"laudations",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"cachets",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"recommendations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogia",
|
|
"eulogiums",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"tributes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dittoing":{
|
|
"to say after another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since you've said what I wanted to say\u2014only better\u2014I will just ditto your comments in my final report"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"aping",
|
|
"copycatting",
|
|
"copying",
|
|
"emulating",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"miming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"echoing",
|
|
"parroting",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"reechoing",
|
|
"repeating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dived":{
|
|
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we watched her dive in after the drowning man"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"surfaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"belly flopped",
|
|
"plumped",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"sounded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sales figures for existing homes dived dramatically when mortgage rates skyrocketed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned",
|
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"receded",
|
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"retreated"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"tumbled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divergence":{
|
|
"a movement in different directions away from a common point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"convergence"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a growing divergence of opinion about that U.S. president's place in history"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"similarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcation",
|
|
"divarication",
|
|
"divergency",
|
|
"separation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a turning away from a course or standard":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any divergence from the community's strict moral code was met with social ostracism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adherence"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflection",
|
|
"departure",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"deviation",
|
|
"divagation",
|
|
"divergency",
|
|
"diversion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diverse":{
|
|
"being not of the same kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"similar"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movement supported by people with diverse interests but one common goal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"selfsame",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"tantamount",
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"homological",
|
|
"homologous",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"homogeneous",
|
|
"homogenous",
|
|
"uniform"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"several",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"variant",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"differentiable",
|
|
"discriminable",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"disproportionate",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"unequal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"distinguishable",
|
|
"nonidentical",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diverseness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the diverseness of the offerings at the art fair made judging a challenge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homogeneity",
|
|
"homogeneousness",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"similarity",
|
|
"fewness",
|
|
"paucity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"otherness",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"heterogeneity",
|
|
"heterogeneousness",
|
|
"manifoldness",
|
|
"miscellaneousness",
|
|
"multifariousness",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"variousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being different":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alikeness",
|
|
"analogousness",
|
|
"analogy",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"similarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the diverseness of the two top movies in the running for Best Picture could not be more striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"identicalness",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"accordance",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"parallelism",
|
|
"similitude",
|
|
"equality",
|
|
"equivalence",
|
|
"equivalency",
|
|
"homogeneity",
|
|
"homogeneousness",
|
|
"uniformity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"differentiability",
|
|
"discriminability",
|
|
"distinguishability",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"modification",
|
|
"variation",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"disunity",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variance",
|
|
"anomalousness",
|
|
"dichotomy",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"nonconformity",
|
|
"disproportion",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"nonequivalence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"dissimilitude",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"otherness",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divert":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a light comedy to divert the tired business executive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hypnotize",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"solace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bike race was diverted around the construction zone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"rechannel",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shunt",
|
|
"sidetrack",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"swivel",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"redirect",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"whip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to divert the child with a toy while the doctor was giving her a shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"focus"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"detract",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"throw off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diverts":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a light comedy to divert the tired business executive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"busies",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"engrosses",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"hypnotizes",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"mesmerizes",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amuses",
|
|
"disports",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"regales",
|
|
"solaces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bike race was diverted around the construction zone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"rechannels",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"shunts",
|
|
"sidetracks",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"swivels",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"zigzags",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"redirects",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to divert the child with a toy while the doctor was giving her a shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amuses",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"strays",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"detracts",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"throws off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divination":{
|
|
"the art or practice of foretelling future events by interpreting omens":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if her powers of divination are so great, why doesn't she know what the stock market will do?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"astrology",
|
|
"crystal gazing",
|
|
"geomancy",
|
|
"hydromancy",
|
|
"oneiromancy",
|
|
"pyromancy",
|
|
"rhabdomancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augury"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divine":{
|
|
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the great influence exerted by the Puritan divines in the Massachusetts Bay Colony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how about a piece of the most divine apple pie I've ever tasted!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or being God":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for these divine gifts let us be truly thankful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"human",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"all-powerful",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"omnipotent",
|
|
"omniscient",
|
|
"supreme"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"godlike",
|
|
"godly",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"supernatural"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"predict",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"prognosticate",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"foreshadow",
|
|
"prefigure",
|
|
"visualize",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"foretoken",
|
|
"forewarn",
|
|
"preview",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"fear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"forefeel",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"prevision"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divined":{
|
|
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"augured",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"forecasted",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"predicted",
|
|
"presaged",
|
|
"prognosticated",
|
|
"prophesied",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"foreshadowed",
|
|
"prefigured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"alerted",
|
|
"cautioned",
|
|
"foretokened",
|
|
"forewarned",
|
|
"previewed",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"dreaded",
|
|
"feared"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"forefelt",
|
|
"foreknew",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"previsioned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divorce":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in your head you need to divorce your wishes and fantasies from the realities of the world as it is"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"agglutinate",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"cement",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"weld"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"bifurcate",
|
|
"bisect",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"dichotomize",
|
|
"dissect",
|
|
"fractionalize",
|
|
"fractionate",
|
|
"halve",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"subdivide",
|
|
"trisect",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"fragmentate",
|
|
"fragmentize",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rive",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"sequester",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"untie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"decouple",
|
|
"disassociate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"ramify",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divulgence":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the government strictly prohibits the divulgence of classified information"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealment",
|
|
"cover-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bombshell",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"confession"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disclosure",
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"revelation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divulging":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we tried to make him divulge the name of the winner, but he wouldn't budge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"unclothing",
|
|
"undraping",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"disinterring",
|
|
"raking up",
|
|
"smoking out",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"letting on (about)",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unbosoming",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divvying (up)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diffusion":{
|
|
"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the author's tendency toward diffusion makes the novel a tedious read"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"logorrhea",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"periphrasis",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordage",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"circularity",
|
|
"digressiveness",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"tautology",
|
|
"reiteration",
|
|
"repetition",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"overstatement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discomfited":{
|
|
"as in embarrassed , disconcerted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"constant interruptions discomfited her in her attempt to finish the speech, and she finally gave up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"checkmated",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"thwarted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"set back",
|
|
"short-circuited",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"forestalled",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"overcame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"smoothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was discomfited by the awkward situation of having his ex-girlfriend meet his current one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"queered",
|
|
"shamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disbar":{
|
|
"as in obstruct , impede":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disturber":{
|
|
"as in pest , bother":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dismantles":{
|
|
"to take apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dismantle the table for easier transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"demounts",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismembers",
|
|
"dismounts",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"takes down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disaggregates",
|
|
"disarticulates",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"constructs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dines":{
|
|
"to take a meal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they dined elegantly at the city's finest restaurant before taking in an opera downtown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"partakes",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"victuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banquets",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"repasts",
|
|
"chows (down)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gormandizes",
|
|
"overeats",
|
|
"overfeeds",
|
|
"pigs out",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"noshes",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"snacks",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"dines out",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"breakfasts",
|
|
"lunches",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"picnics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diets",
|
|
"fasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to entertain with a fancy meal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the advertising agency lavishly wines and dines prospective clients"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banquets",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"regales"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"caters",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"provisions",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"recognizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispiritedly":{
|
|
"as in dejectedly , despondently":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disembodied":{
|
|
"as in spiritual , immaterial":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divisional":{
|
|
"as in partial , cross-sectional":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diplomatists":{
|
|
"as in diplomats , ambassadors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discloses":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the informer disclosed all sorts of details about the secret organization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"lets on (about)",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unbosoms",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"unclothes",
|
|
"undrapes",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"disinters",
|
|
"rakes up",
|
|
"smokes out",
|
|
"unearths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divulge":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we tried to make him divulge the name of the winner, but he wouldn't budge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unbosom",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"leak",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"disinter",
|
|
"rake up",
|
|
"smoke out",
|
|
"unearth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distancing":{
|
|
"as in retreating , receding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in leaving , escaping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"directory":{
|
|
"a book that contains mandates and instructions for actions or conduct":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disembark":{
|
|
"to go ashore from a ship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cruise passengers disembarked as soon as they got to the terminal in Miami"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debark",
|
|
"land"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beach",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"board",
|
|
"get (on)",
|
|
"weigh (anchor)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embark"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before you disembark , make sure you haven't left anything on your seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dismount",
|
|
"get down",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deplane",
|
|
"detrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"board",
|
|
"climb (aboard)",
|
|
"get in",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"enplane",
|
|
"emplane",
|
|
"entrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embark"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divesting":{
|
|
"to end the occupancy or possession of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unable to make their mortgage payments, they were summarily divested of their house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"expropriating",
|
|
"ousting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deforcing",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"disfurnishing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"bereaving",
|
|
"depriving",
|
|
"disinheriting",
|
|
"annexing",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"commandeering",
|
|
"impounding",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"usurping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the former CEO has divested himself of most of his responsibilities but will continue to work with the company as a consultant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"disburdening",
|
|
"disencumbering",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"ridding",
|
|
"unburdening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"uncaging",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfettering",
|
|
"bailing (out)",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"extricating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bogging (down)",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"subjecting",
|
|
"weighing down",
|
|
"weighting (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burdening",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"saddling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take something away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was divested of the boxing title when the fraud was uncovered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"bereaving",
|
|
"depriving",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cleaning (out)",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"bankrupting",
|
|
"disfurnishing",
|
|
"impoverishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diverges":{
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deer abruptly diverged from its intended path the moment it spied the waiting lynx"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"sheers",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"zigzags",
|
|
"doubles (back)",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at that point the road and the railroad tracks diverge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branches (out)",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"forks",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bestrews",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retreats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"meets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"joins"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"digs (into)":{
|
|
"to search through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we anxiously dug into the old records that we found in the 19th-century house that we were restoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delves (into)",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"inquires (into)",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"looks (into)",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"researches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"skims (through)",
|
|
"surfs",
|
|
"thumbs (through)",
|
|
"reinvestigates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"differing (from)":{
|
|
"as in disagreeing (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discriminative":{
|
|
"favoring, applying, or being unequal treatment of different classes of people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fighting laws which were grossly discriminative"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"differential",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"discriminational",
|
|
"discriminatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"prejudicial",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"elitist",
|
|
"selective",
|
|
"segregative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondiscriminatory"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dittos":{
|
|
"to say after another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since you've said what I wanted to say\u2014only better\u2014I will just ditto your comments in my final report"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"parrots",
|
|
"quotes",
|
|
"reechos",
|
|
"repeats"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"emulates",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mimics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dismally":{
|
|
"as in miserably , darkly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disgraces":{
|
|
"the state of having lost the esteem of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the players who threw the game were in disgrace with their schoolmates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteems",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"shames"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scandals",
|
|
"contempts",
|
|
"despites",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
"disapprobations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"abasements",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"humiliations",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"stigmas",
|
|
"stigmata",
|
|
"taints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admirations",
|
|
"appreciations",
|
|
"estimations",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"awes",
|
|
"fears",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"fames",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"reputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a cause of shame":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exposure of his criminal record was a huge disgrace for the councilman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"scandals"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"stigmas",
|
|
"stigmata",
|
|
"taints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"honors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a regrettable or blameworthy act":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a disgrace to let all the leftover food from the banquet go to waste, so let's deliver it to the homeless shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crimes",
|
|
"pities",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"sins"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"scandals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disgraced by the shameful actions of their leader"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"takes down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diminishes (in)":{
|
|
"as in falls (in) , declines (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disconnect":{
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disconnected the two parts of the light fixture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"decouple",
|
|
"disassociate",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"ramify",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"bifurcate",
|
|
"bisect",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"dichotomize",
|
|
"dissect",
|
|
"fractionalize",
|
|
"fractionate",
|
|
"halve",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"subdivide",
|
|
"trisect",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"fragmentate",
|
|
"fragmentize",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rive",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"sequester",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"untie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"agglutinate",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"cement",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"weld"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disaggregated":{
|
|
"as in divided , disunited":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disavowed":{
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disavowed the testimony that she had given earlier in the trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disaffirmed",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disconfirmed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"owned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the government will disavow any knowledge of your mission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"recognized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disorganizes":{
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those unexpected problems that can disorganize an entire plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"deranges",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dislocates",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tousles",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"clutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"methodizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"systemizes",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"unscrambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disdained":{
|
|
"as in despised , hated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show contempt for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disdained the deserter as a coward"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemned",
|
|
"disrespected",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"high-hatted",
|
|
"looked down (on or upon)",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"sniffed (at)",
|
|
"snooted",
|
|
"snubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"frowned (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"lionized",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"approved (of)",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"subscribed (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"respected"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispose of":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She took an afternoon to declutter and dispose of unwanted belongings."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give over the legal possession or ownership of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The foreclosure forced them to dispose of all assets."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"transfer"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"pass (down)",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"lease",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expropriate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They disposed of the problem to the satisfaction of both sides."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agree (on)",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"programme",
|
|
"schematize",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"square away",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"opt",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finalize",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wrap up",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"negotiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"differ (over)",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disadvantageous":{
|
|
"opposed to one's interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such an arrangement with the wholesalers would be disadvantageous for small farmers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"prejudicial",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"untoward"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"ruinous",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"calumnious",
|
|
"defamatory",
|
|
"detractive",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"slanderous",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"uncongenial",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"competing",
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"resisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"nondestructive",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"nonthreatening",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"hospitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"supportive",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"well-disposed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disinter":{
|
|
"to remove from place of burial":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Egyptian mummy was carefully disinterred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exhume",
|
|
"unearth"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"entomb",
|
|
"inhume",
|
|
"inter",
|
|
"tomb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispatch":{
|
|
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dispatched a messenger with urgent news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"pack (off)",
|
|
"send",
|
|
"ship",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"export",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"resend",
|
|
"return"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"secure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exterminator dispatched the termites with professional efficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bump off",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"scrag",
|
|
"snuff",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"martyr",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"euthanize",
|
|
"euthanatize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"nurture"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during his reign of terror the dictator dispatched thousands without the slightest qualm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"bump off",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"snuff",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they dispatched the other team without breaking a sweat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"do down",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a message on paper from one person or group to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a soldier sending daily dispatches to friends and family back home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"epistle",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"memo",
|
|
"memorandum",
|
|
"missive",
|
|
"note"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"billet-doux",
|
|
"open letter",
|
|
"airmail",
|
|
"card",
|
|
"electronic mail",
|
|
"e-mail",
|
|
"junk mail",
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"postal card",
|
|
"postcard",
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"encyclical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a piece of conveyed information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dispatch from headquarters regarding a change in battle plans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"message"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"memo",
|
|
"memorandum",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"epistle",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"missive",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"electronic mail",
|
|
"e-mail",
|
|
"voice mail",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"tidings",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"order"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnake":{
|
|
"as in garter snake , chicken snake":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"divinations":{
|
|
"the art or practice of foretelling future events by interpreting omens":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if her powers of divination are so great, why doesn't she know what the stock market will do?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auguries"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"astrologies",
|
|
"crystal gazings",
|
|
"geomancies",
|
|
"hydromancies",
|
|
"oneiromancies",
|
|
"pyromancies",
|
|
"rhabdomancies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ding-a-ling":{
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some ding-a-ling set off the fire alarm by burning paper in a wastebasket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berk",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"charlie",
|
|
"charley",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"dingbat",
|
|
"dipstick",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"git",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mooncalf",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schlump",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"schlemiel",
|
|
"shlemiel",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"differentiating":{
|
|
"to understand or point out the difference in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was hard at first to differentiate between the two styles of music"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"differencing",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"secerning",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contradistinguishing",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"demarcating",
|
|
"marking (off)",
|
|
"setting off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"lumping (together)",
|
|
"mingling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"mixing (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disputer":{
|
|
"a person who takes part in a dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in debate she's a dogged disputer who never gives an inch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguer",
|
|
"argufier",
|
|
"bickerer",
|
|
"brawler",
|
|
"debater",
|
|
"disputant",
|
|
"fighter",
|
|
"quarreler",
|
|
"quarreller",
|
|
"scrapper",
|
|
"squabbler",
|
|
"wrangler"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"codefendant",
|
|
"defendant",
|
|
"plaintiff",
|
|
"pleader",
|
|
"challenger",
|
|
"contender",
|
|
"contestant",
|
|
"skirmisher",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"pettifogger",
|
|
"quibbler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discharge":{
|
|
"a directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thunderous discharge of the cannons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"drumfire",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"volley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a freeing from an obligation or responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a full discharge from responsibility for the accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delivery",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"quittance",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensation",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"waiver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was resentful over what she felt was a wrongful discharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"redundancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pink slip",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"bum's rush",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"heave-ho",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shakeout",
|
|
"shake-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"callback",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"reemployment",
|
|
"rehire",
|
|
"rehiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the doing of an action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aided in the discharge of his duties by a capable assistant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"implementation",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"perpetration",
|
|
"prosecution",
|
|
"pursuance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"application",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfulfillment",
|
|
"nonperformance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Robert Goddard was the first to discharge a rocket containing an instrument package"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"squeeze off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"blaze (at)",
|
|
"snipe (at)",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to empty or rid of cargo":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"docks for discharging containerships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburden",
|
|
"disencumber",
|
|
"off-load",
|
|
"unburden",
|
|
"unlade",
|
|
"unload",
|
|
"unpack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"free",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jam-pack",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"load",
|
|
"pack"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discharge a debt in full"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ante (up)",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"pay off",
|
|
"pay up",
|
|
"pony up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"spring (for)",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discharged the prisoners upon the signing of the peace treaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disenthrall",
|
|
"disenthral",
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bail (out)",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"parole",
|
|
"ransom",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"disembarrass",
|
|
"disencumber",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"unshackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"enslave",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"subjugate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mighty river discharges its waters into the ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"evolve",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"send (out)",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"excrete",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"secrete",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"outpour",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"soak (up)",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"suck (up)",
|
|
"take up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt a strong recoil as the rifle discharged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"shoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"plink",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"snipe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"15 people were discharged when the embezzling ring was discovered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"turn off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"chuck (out)",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reemploy",
|
|
"rehire",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"subcontract",
|
|
"recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"sign (up or on)",
|
|
"take on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diddled":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though the hurricane was fast approaching, federal and local politicians wasted precious time diddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"lollygagged",
|
|
"lallygagged",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustered",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"temporized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unscrupulous Broadway producer diddles little old ladies by persuading them to invest in a surefire flop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"thimblerigged",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disarraying":{
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he had accidentally disarrayed his brother's CDs, leaving a telltale sign of borrowing without permission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"deranging",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dislocating",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"disorganizing",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"hashing",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"mussing",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tousling",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"cluttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"methodizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"grooming",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"unscrambling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diluted":{
|
|
"not containing very much of some important element":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to clean the bird feeder, soak it in a solution of diluted bleach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"washy",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"watered-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"evaporated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"full-bodied",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a diluted solution of sulfuric acid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"alloyed",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"unfiltered",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"maculate",
|
|
"maculated",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"doctored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"ultrarefined",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"uncombined",
|
|
"pasteurized",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"sterilized",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"ultrapure",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"uncut",
|
|
"undiluted",
|
|
"unmixed",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pharmacist was convicted of diluting prescription drugs in order to increase profits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"watered down",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"envenomed",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"infected",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"tempered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilized",
|
|
"larded",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"distilled",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"leached",
|
|
"pasteurized",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"condensed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"richened",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distributes":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"distribute the assignments according to seniority"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"compartmentalizes",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"relegates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"types"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"alphabetizes",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"pigeonholes",
|
|
"shelves",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"winnows",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"colligates",
|
|
"recategorizes",
|
|
"reclassifies",
|
|
"regroups",
|
|
"subcategorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"misclassifies",
|
|
"missorts",
|
|
"mistypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give as a share or portion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"committed to distributing the school's limited scholarship money so that it benefits more students"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"allots",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"apportions",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"rations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasures",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meters",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"parcels (out)",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"prorates",
|
|
"shares (out)",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"earmarks",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"chips in",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"reallocates",
|
|
"reapportions",
|
|
"reassigns",
|
|
"redistributes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudges",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"deprives (of)",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"stints",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"confiscates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"distributed pamphlets on recycling to everyone in the neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"apportions",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"parcels (out)",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"prorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasures",
|
|
"allots",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"dishes out",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divvies (up)",
|
|
"dollops (out)",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"measures (out)",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"proportions",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"redistributes",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"shares (out)",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"chips in",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"reallocates",
|
|
"reapportions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudges",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"deprives (of)",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"niggles (out)",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"stints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misallocates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dispersal":{
|
|
"an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dispersal of plant seeds in the forests through natural means"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbandment",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"dissemination",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"gathering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dip (into)":{
|
|
"as in turn over , speed-read":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"leaf (through)",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"speed-read",
|
|
"thumb (through)",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"gobble (up)",
|
|
"slog (through)",
|
|
"wade (through)",
|
|
"reread",
|
|
"proofread",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discomposures":{
|
|
"as in distresses , discomforts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"perturbations",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"abashments",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"discomfitures",
|
|
"disconcertments",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"mortifications",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"humiliations",
|
|
"humble pies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplombs",
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"composures",
|
|
"confidences",
|
|
"equanimities",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"self-confidences",
|
|
"self-possessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discontinuing":{
|
|
"as in ceasing , quitting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"perduring",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the editors were told to discontinue the printing of rumors in the student paper immediately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"kiboshing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"clamping down",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"snuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have discontinued the manufacture of that item"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"going",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"hanging in",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"reopening",
|
|
"restarting",
|
|
"resuming",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"maintaining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"publication of the magazine will discontinue at the end of the year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"dead-ending",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"elapsing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"winking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"winding down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diced":{
|
|
"to cut into small pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quickly diced some peppers and onions and threw them into the stew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"hashed",
|
|
"minced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chipped",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"kibbled",
|
|
"mashed",
|
|
"pureed",
|
|
"pur\u00e9ed",
|
|
"sliced",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"carved",
|
|
"dissected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"directly":{
|
|
"in a direct line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we went directly to the site without stopping to pick up extra supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"veeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in an honest and direct manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the instructor deals with her art students very directly , always telling them the plain truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forthrightly",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straightforwards",
|
|
"straightforwardly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baldly",
|
|
"bluffly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"unguardedly",
|
|
"unreservedly",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"earnestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"bluntly",
|
|
"brusquely",
|
|
"curtly",
|
|
"gruffly",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"tactlessly",
|
|
"truthfully",
|
|
"veraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
|
"verbosely",
|
|
"wordily",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"diplomatically",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"tactfully",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"mendaciously",
|
|
"untruthfully",
|
|
"erroneously",
|
|
"fallaciously",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"ambiguously",
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"equivocally",
|
|
"evasively",
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in the same words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quoted directly from the encyclopedia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad verbum",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"verbatim",
|
|
"word for word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accurately",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"identically",
|
|
"literally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"essentially",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"carelessly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"imprecisely",
|
|
"inaccurately",
|
|
"loosely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexactly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"without delay":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in case of a medical emergency, do not try to contact your doctor but instead go directly to the hospital"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"forthwith",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"incontinently",
|
|
"instantaneously",
|
|
"instanter",
|
|
"instantly",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"PDQ",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right away",
|
|
"right now",
|
|
"right off",
|
|
"straight off",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"straightway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"away",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"anon",
|
|
"momentarily",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"unexpectedly",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"opportunely",
|
|
"punctually",
|
|
"seasonably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slowly",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"at or within a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dinner should be ready directly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anon",
|
|
"before long",
|
|
"by and by",
|
|
"momentarily",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"soon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forthwith",
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"incontinently",
|
|
"instantaneously",
|
|
"instantly",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"right away",
|
|
"right now",
|
|
"right off",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"straightway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disengaged":{
|
|
"as in clear":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"unanchored",
|
|
"unbolted",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"uncaught",
|
|
"uncaged",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfettered",
|
|
"unleashed",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"footloose",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unconfined",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"unfree",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"caged",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"leashed",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sought to disengage myself from the embarrassing situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"disembarrassed",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"untangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"disburdened",
|
|
"disencumbered",
|
|
"unburdened",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unsnarled",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"untwined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"burdened",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"entangled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dialects":{
|
|
"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the promotional team for the new computer used a dialect full of acronyms that the press found difficult to follow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argots",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"jargons",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"lingos",
|
|
"lingoes",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"shoptalk",
|
|
"slangs",
|
|
"terminologies",
|
|
"vocabularies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"colloquials",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"localisms",
|
|
"parlances",
|
|
"pidgins",
|
|
"provincialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"vernacularisms",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"slanguages",
|
|
"bureaucrateses",
|
|
"computereses",
|
|
"cyberspeaks",
|
|
"educationeses",
|
|
"governmenteses",
|
|
"journaleses",
|
|
"technobabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"digressive":{
|
|
"passing from one topic to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a digressive lecture on current events around the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"digressional",
|
|
"digressionary",
|
|
"discursive",
|
|
"excursive",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"consistent",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"undeviating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discounted":{
|
|
"as in reduced , discount":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"fire-sale",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"cheapish",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"affordable",
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"cheapie",
|
|
"cheapo",
|
|
"chintzy",
|
|
"cut-price",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"dime-store",
|
|
"dirt cheap",
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
|
"inexpensive",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-end",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"supercheap",
|
|
"ultracheap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"spendy",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
|
"prohibitory",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"superexpensive",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"luxurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even while acknowledging the primacy of the director, we should not discount the contributions of all the others who worked on the film"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked (at)",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"winked (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"waived",
|
|
"waved (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"objected (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shouldn't discount their contributions to our fund-raising efforts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"cried down",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"denigrated",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"derogated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"kissed off",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"poor-mouthed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"talked down",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"trash-talked",
|
|
"vilipended",
|
|
"wrote off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discommended",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"maligned",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disgraced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"eulogized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disclaimer":{
|
|
"a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one brother filed a disclaimer , allowing all of the estate to go to his poorer siblings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"quitclaim",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"waiver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensation",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"indemnity",
|
|
"abdication",
|
|
"relinquishment",
|
|
"renouncement",
|
|
"handover",
|
|
"renunciation",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the intelligence agency's pro forma disclaimer of any involvement in the assassination plot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradiction",
|
|
"denegation",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"disavowal",
|
|
"disconfirmation",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"repudiation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disproof",
|
|
"rebuttal",
|
|
"refutation",
|
|
"negative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"confession",
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"attestation",
|
|
"corroboration",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"testament",
|
|
"testimony",
|
|
"validation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"confirmation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dismantlements":{
|
|
"as in eradications , effacements":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"effacements",
|
|
"eradications",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"depredations",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"despoliations",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"extinctions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"mincemeats",
|
|
"obliterations",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wastages",
|
|
"wreckages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buildings",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"erections",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"salvages",
|
|
"salvations",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"preservations",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"reclamations",
|
|
"reconstructions",
|
|
"re-creations",
|
|
"refurbishments",
|
|
"regeneracies",
|
|
"renovations",
|
|
"restorations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disobliging":{
|
|
"causing difficulty, discomfort, or annoyance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a friend with the disobliging habit of never having the cash to pay his fair share of the restaurant check"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"discommoding",
|
|
"incommoding",
|
|
"inconvenient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"sufferable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"helpful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"ultraconvenient"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't want to disoblige her relatives by spending the night at their place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discommoding",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"incommoding",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"troubling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burdening",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"saddling",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"handicapping",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"interfering (with)",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"obliging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discontenting":{
|
|
"to make discontented":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ongoing lack of decent food discontented and demoralized the soldiers in the rebel army"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disaffecting",
|
|
"disgruntling",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"estranging",
|
|
"aggrieving",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"saddening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"tickling",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disenchanting":{
|
|
"to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you thought that you could pass this course without doing any work, let me be the first to disenchant you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disillusioning",
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sophisticating",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"clueing (in)",
|
|
"cluing (in)",
|
|
"filling in",
|
|
"wising (up)",
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disregards":{
|
|
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disregarded the wishes of his tradition-conscious family in his choice of a bride"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"flouts",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slurs (over)",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disregarded the posted warnings of avalanche danger and went skiing anyway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"omits",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"sloughs (off)",
|
|
"sluffs (off)",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"scants",
|
|
"skimps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"remembers",
|
|
"listens (to)",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"remarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"tends (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this essay is so good that I can safely disregard a couple of spelling errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinks (at)",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"winks (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"waives",
|
|
"waves (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"objects (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discomforted":{
|
|
"as in embarrassed , disconcerted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"self-effacing",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unenterprising",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harsh criticism of his musical talent did not discomfort him in the least"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distempered",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"flurried",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissatisfactions":{
|
|
"the condition of being dissatisfied with one's life or situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a vague dissatisfaction with the state of their marriage, which seemed a little stale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"discontentedness",
|
|
"discontentment",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"displeasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"aggrievement",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the emotion felt when one's expectations are not met":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she felt keen dissatisfaction at the hurried job the house painters had done"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"letdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crestfallenness",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"discontentedness",
|
|
"discontentment",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"disenchantment",
|
|
"disillusionment",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejectedness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfiture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distressing":{
|
|
"causing worry or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"distressing signs that another war might be imminent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"persecutive",
|
|
"persecutory",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of a kind to cause great distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the distressing death of our favorite actor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unlucky",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"piteous",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"ruthful",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"traumatic",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"calamitous",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"rewarding",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lucky"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the distressing habit of constantly fiddling with her hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"nail-biting",
|
|
"nerve-racking",
|
|
"nerve-wracking",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"unrestful",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"embarrassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't let all the bad news distress you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"derailing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distempering",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"flurrying",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"unnerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discloses (to)":{
|
|
"as in announces (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announces (to)",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"clues (in)",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"fills in",
|
|
"hips",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"verses",
|
|
"wises (up)",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions",
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissenting (from)":{
|
|
"as in opposing , objecting (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"blacklisting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"frowning (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"approving (of)",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"subscribing (to)",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"backing (up)",
|
|
"concurring (in)",
|
|
"standing by",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"upholding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dived (in)":{
|
|
"as in plunged (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plunged (in)",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"continued"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"dithered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"hung back",
|
|
"scrupled",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled",
|
|
"hawed",
|
|
"hemmed",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"waited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divvied (up)":{
|
|
"as in dished out , measured (out)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasured",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"dished out",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"dolloped (out)",
|
|
"lotted",
|
|
"measured (out)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"proportioned",
|
|
"rationed",
|
|
"redistributed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"shared (out)",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"chipped in",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"reallocated",
|
|
"reapportioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misallocated",
|
|
"begrudged",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"deprived (of)",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"niggled (out)",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"stinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discomposes":{
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discomposed by the tone of the message left on his answering machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"derails",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distempers",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"frazzles",
|
|
"freaks (out)",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"weirds out",
|
|
"worries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"chivies",
|
|
"chivvies",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"shakes up",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits",
|
|
"unnerves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind ruffled her hair and discomposed her carefully arranged papers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"deranges",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dislocates",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizes",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tousles",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"clutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"methodizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"systemizes",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"unscrambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diverging":{
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deer abruptly diverged from its intended path the moment it spied the waiting lynx"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"sheering",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"doubling (back)",
|
|
"turning back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at that point the road and the railroad tracks diverge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branching (out)",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"forking",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewing",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"distancing",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"joining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diagnostics":{
|
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thesis that moral decline is the infallible diagnostic of a decadent society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"attributions",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"differentiae",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"fingerprints",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"markers",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"emblems",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"excellences",
|
|
"merits",
|
|
"virtues",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"singularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disembarkations":{
|
|
"as in egresses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"egresses",
|
|
"embarkations",
|
|
"embarkments",
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"relinquishments",
|
|
"diasporas",
|
|
"emigrations",
|
|
"evacuations",
|
|
"exoduses",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"retirements",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdrawals",
|
|
"decampments",
|
|
"departures",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"farewells",
|
|
"goings",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"leave-takings",
|
|
"outgoes",
|
|
"partings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"comings",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"ingresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disgustingly":{
|
|
"as in annoyingly , distressingly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly",
|
|
"alack",
|
|
"alas",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"wirra",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"alarmingly",
|
|
"disturbingly",
|
|
"perturbingly",
|
|
"traumatically",
|
|
"unsettlingly",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"unluckily",
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"lamentably",
|
|
"regrettably",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"tragically",
|
|
"unfortunately",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"thankfully",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"winningly",
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disenthraling":{
|
|
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must disenthrall ourselves from time-honored ways of doing things, or we will never progress as a society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"uncaging",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfettering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bailing (out)",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"paroling",
|
|
"ransoming",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"disembarrassing",
|
|
"disencumbering",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"unshackling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"imprisoning",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"enslaving",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"subjugating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"restraining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disintegrations":{
|
|
"as in breakdowns , decays":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"attritions",
|
|
"corrosions",
|
|
"erosions",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buildups",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dissemblers":{
|
|
"as in pretenders , counterfeiters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"feigners",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hypocrites",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"fabricators",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fibbers",
|
|
"liars",
|
|
"prevaricators",
|
|
"storytellers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"square shooters",
|
|
"straight shooters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dither":{
|
|
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Grandma usually gets in a dither if I don't make my weekly call"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"swelter",
|
|
"swivet",
|
|
"tizzy",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"nervous breakdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sense of panic or extreme nervousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were all in a dither while we waited for the test results"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butterflies",
|
|
"heebie-jeebies",
|
|
"jimjams",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"nerves",
|
|
"screaming meemies",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"whim-whams",
|
|
"willies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold sweat",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"goose bumps",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"nervous breakdown",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"skittishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we dithered all afternoon over whether to go to the park or to the movies and ended up doing neither"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hang back",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haw",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"waffle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"continue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dive (in)",
|
|
"plunge (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disbands":{
|
|
"to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the university disbanded the committee after the report had been submitted",
|
|
"the rock group disbanded upon finishing their farewell tour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissolves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demobilizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"hangs together"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police disbanded the rioters with tear gas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"squanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"segregates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"splits (up)",
|
|
"diffuses",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglutinates",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"unifies",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"ingathers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disvalued":{
|
|
"as in undervalued , bad-mouthed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"cried down",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"kissed off",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"high-hatted",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"sniffed (at)",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"undervalued",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"apprized",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"reverenced",
|
|
"venerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"died":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the king died of old age after a long and fruitful reign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"flatlined",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"passed (on)",
|
|
"pegged out",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"popped off",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceased",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"came to",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"lived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the storm died just as dawn was breaking over the horizon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"dead-ended",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"elapsed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"winked (out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fortunately, when the engine died we were only two blocks from home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"stalled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"acted up",
|
|
"malfunctioned",
|
|
"jammed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"started (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"distinguishably":{
|
|
"as in discernibly , distinctly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"distinctly",
|
|
"perceptibly",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"verbally",
|
|
"vocally",
|
|
"blatantly",
|
|
"bloody murder",
|
|
"boisterously",
|
|
"clamorously",
|
|
"loudly",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"noisily",
|
|
"resonantly",
|
|
"resoundingly",
|
|
"stridently",
|
|
"thunderously",
|
|
"uproariously",
|
|
"vociferously",
|
|
"aloud",
|
|
"audibly",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"out loud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inaudibly",
|
|
"silently",
|
|
"soundlessly",
|
|
"voicelessly",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"noiselessly",
|
|
"quietly",
|
|
"softly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"divines":{
|
|
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the great influence exerted by the Puritan divines in the Massachusetts Bay Colony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipates",
|
|
"forefeels",
|
|
"foreknows",
|
|
"foresees",
|
|
"previsions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"augurs",
|
|
"forecasts",
|
|
"foretells",
|
|
"predicts",
|
|
"presages",
|
|
"prognosticates",
|
|
"prophesies",
|
|
"envisages",
|
|
"envisions",
|
|
"foreshadows",
|
|
"prefigures",
|
|
"visualizes",
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"foretokens",
|
|
"forewarns",
|
|
"previews",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"dreads",
|
|
"fears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"displaying":{
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"display the best items at the front of the showcase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brandishing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"talking (about)",
|
|
"telling (of)",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actress who can display a great range of emotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeaking",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"evincing",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"unbosoming",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting",
|
|
"projecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belying",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"disinterest":{
|
|
"lack of favoritism toward one side or another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since the coach has a son on the team, his disinterest in the selection of a team captain cannot be assumed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"equity",
|
|
"evenhandedness",
|
|
"fair-mindedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"justice",
|
|
"neutralism",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"nonpartisanship",
|
|
"objectiveness",
|
|
"objectivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"fence-sitting",
|
|
"straddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chauvinism",
|
|
"nepotism",
|
|
"subjectiveness",
|
|
"subjectivity",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"preconception",
|
|
"prejudgment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"favoritism",
|
|
"nonobjectivity",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"prejudice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"discoid":{
|
|
"as in circular , discoidal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annular",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"disciform",
|
|
"discoidal",
|
|
"disklike",
|
|
"hooplike",
|
|
"ringlike",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"globular",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"spherical",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"looped",
|
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"spiral",
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"balled",
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"bulbous",
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"rotund",
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"rounded",
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"roundish",
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"cylindrical",
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"cylindric",
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"elliptical",
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"elliptic",
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"oblong",
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"oval",
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"ovate",
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"ovoid",
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"ovoidal"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"disannul":{
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"to put an end to by formal action":{
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"examples":[
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"the new administration seems intent on disannulling every social program instituted by its predecessor"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abate",
|
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"abolish",
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"abrogate",
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"annul",
|
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"avoid",
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"cancel",
|
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"dissolve",
|
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"invalidate",
|
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"negate",
|
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"null",
|
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"nullify",
|
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"quash",
|
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"repeal",
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"rescind",
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"roll back",
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"strike down",
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"vacate",
|
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"void"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"countermand",
|
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"override",
|
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"overrule",
|
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"overturn",
|
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"veto",
|
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"abort",
|
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"call",
|
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"call off",
|
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"drop",
|
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"recall",
|
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"retract",
|
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"reverse",
|
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"revoke",
|
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"suspend",
|
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"withdraw",
|
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"ban",
|
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"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"enact",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"legislate",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"formalize",
|
|
"legalize",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"legitimize",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ratify",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"prescribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"did away with":{
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They decided to do away with the old dress code."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"disannulled",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"nulled",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"rolled back",
|
|
"struck down",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"voided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermanded",
|
|
"overrode",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"overturned",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"wrote off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"legislated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"formalized",
|
|
"legalized",
|
|
"legitimated",
|
|
"legitimized",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"ratified",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"decreed",
|
|
"mandated",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"prescribed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He resolved to do away with the man who killed his parents."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"whacked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |