8519 lines
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8519 lines
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{
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"affable":{
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"having a relaxed, casual manner":{
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"examples":[
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"as the show's affable host, she keeps the freewheeling gabfest from getting out of hand"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breezy",
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"devil-may-care",
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"easygoing",
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"happy-go-lucky",
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"laid-back",
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"low-pressure",
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"mellow"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"carefree",
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"casual",
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"d\u00e9gag\u00e9",
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"lackadaisical",
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"nonchalant",
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"unaffected",
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"unconcerned",
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"unfussy",
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"unperturbed",
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"untroubled",
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"unworried",
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"familiar",
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"homey",
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"homy",
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"informal",
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"flexible",
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"lax",
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"lenient",
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"permissive",
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"pliable",
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"pliant",
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"soft",
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"accessible",
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"approachable",
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"imperturbable",
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"nerveless",
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"unflappable",
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"unshakable",
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"amicable",
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"companionable",
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"comradely",
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"cordial",
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"genial",
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"hail-fellow-well-met",
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"hearty",
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"neighborly",
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"warm",
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"warmhearted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ceremonious",
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"decorous",
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"formal",
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"rigid",
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"strict",
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"anxious",
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"bothered",
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"distressed",
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"worried",
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"jittery",
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"jumpy",
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"nervous",
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"skittish",
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"tense"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"high-strung",
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"uptight"
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]
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},
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"having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situations":{
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"examples":[
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"as an experienced event planner, he knows that having an affable emcee is critical"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agreeable",
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"amiable",
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"genial",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered",
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"gracious",
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"mellow",
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"nice",
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"pleasant",
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"sweet",
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"well-disposed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amicable",
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"clever",
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"cordial",
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"friendly",
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"neighborly",
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"benign",
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"gentle",
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"kind",
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"cheerful",
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"cheery",
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"glad",
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"sunny",
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"companionable",
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"conversable",
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"sociable",
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"civil",
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"considerate",
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"courteous",
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"polite",
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"thoughtful",
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"accommodating",
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"amenable",
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"obliging",
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"attractive",
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"delightful",
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"enjoyable",
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"likable",
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"likeable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"boorish",
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"discourteous",
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"ill-mannered",
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"impolite",
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"inconsiderate",
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"rude",
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"surly",
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"uncivil",
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"unkind",
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"unmannerly",
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"unsociable",
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"bearish",
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"bilious",
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"cantankerous",
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"choleric",
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"churlish",
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"crabby",
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"cranky",
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"dyspeptic",
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"fussy",
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"grouchy",
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"grumpy",
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"ill-humored",
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"irascible",
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"irritable",
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"peevish",
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"petulant",
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"quick-tempered",
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"snappish",
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"testy",
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"touchy",
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"argumentative",
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"contentious",
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"contrary",
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"ornery",
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"querulous",
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"unappealing",
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"unattractive",
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"sour",
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"vinegary"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disagreeable",
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"ill-natured",
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"ill-tempered",
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"unamiable",
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"ungenial",
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"ungracious",
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"unpleasant"
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]
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},
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"showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations":{
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"examples":[
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"although First Lady Lucretia Hayes didn't particularly enjoy her role as White House hostess, she was always affable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cordial",
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"genial",
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"gracious",
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"hospitable",
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"sociable"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"agreeable",
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"amiable",
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"benign",
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"benignant",
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"congenial",
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"convivial",
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"friendly",
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"kind",
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"kindly",
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"neighborly",
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"accommodating",
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"obliging",
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"considerate",
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"courteous",
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"polite",
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"thoughtful",
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"cosmopolitan",
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"sophisticated",
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"urbane",
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"approachable",
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"attentive",
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"outgoing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"boorish",
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"churlish",
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"abrupt",
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"blunt",
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"brusque",
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"brusk",
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"curt",
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"gruff",
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"sharp",
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"snippy",
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"antisocial",
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"disagreeable",
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"discourteous",
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"ill-mannered",
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"impolite",
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"rude",
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"sullen",
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"surly",
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"uncivil",
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"unfriendly",
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"unkind",
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"unmannerly",
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"crabbed",
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"crabby",
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"cross",
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"crusty",
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"grumpy"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"inhospitable",
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"ungenial",
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"ungracious",
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"unsociable"
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]
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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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"affably":{
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"as in cheerfully , amiably":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amiably",
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"cheerfully",
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"cheerily",
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"congenially",
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"cordially",
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"friendlily",
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"genially",
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"good-heartedly",
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"good-naturedly",
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"graciously",
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"considerately",
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"courteously",
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"hospitably",
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"kindly",
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"nicely",
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"reasonably",
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"sweetly",
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"thoughtfully",
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"selflessly",
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"ungrudgingly",
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"unselfishly",
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"amply",
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"bounteously",
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"bountifully",
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"freehandedly",
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"freeheartedly",
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"generously",
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"handsomely",
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"lavishly",
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"liberally",
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"munificently",
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"openhandedly",
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"unstintingly",
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"well",
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"altruistically",
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"beneficently",
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"benevolently",
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"bigheartedly",
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"charitably",
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"humanely",
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"kindheartedly",
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"magnanimously",
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"philanthropically"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"parsimoniously",
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"stingily",
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"ungenerously",
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"contemptuously",
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"disdainfully",
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"rudely",
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"scornfully",
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"obnoxiously",
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"provocatively",
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"coldly",
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"coolly",
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"cooly",
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"frigidly",
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"hostilely",
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"angrily",
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"belligerently",
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"begrudgingly",
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"grudgingly"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"affection":{
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"a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone":{
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"examples":[
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"an elderly couple showing their affection for each other by little acts of kindness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"attachment",
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"devotedness",
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"devotion",
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"fondness",
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"love",
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"passion"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"appetite",
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"fancy",
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"favor",
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"like",
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"liking",
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"partiality",
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"preference",
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"relish",
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"taste",
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"craving",
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"crush",
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"desire",
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"infatuation",
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"longing",
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"lust",
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"yearning",
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"ardor",
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"eagerness",
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"enthusiasm",
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"fervor",
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"zeal",
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"appreciation",
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"esteem",
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"estimation",
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"regard",
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"respect",
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"adoration",
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"adulation",
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"deification",
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"idolatry",
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"idolization",
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"worship",
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"allegiance",
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"faithfulness",
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"fealty",
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"fidelity",
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"loyalty",
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"steadfastness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"allergy",
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"animosity",
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"antagonism",
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"antipathy",
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"aversion",
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"disfavor",
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"dislike",
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"enmity",
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"hostility",
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"abhorrence",
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"disgust",
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"repugnance",
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"repulsion",
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"revulsion",
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"misanthropy"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"abomination",
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"hate",
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"hatred",
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"loathing",
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"rancor"
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]
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},
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"an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning":{
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"examples":[
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"born with a heart affection that later caused him problems"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ail",
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"ailment",
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"bug",
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"complaint",
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"complication",
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"condition",
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"disease",
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"disorder",
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"distemper",
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"distemperature",
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"fever",
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"ill",
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"illness",
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"infirmity",
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"malady",
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"sickness",
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"trouble"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"contagion",
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"contagious disease",
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"contagium",
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"infection",
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"attack",
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"bout",
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"fit",
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"spell",
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"debility",
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"decrepitude",
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"feebleness",
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"frailness",
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"lameness",
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"sickliness",
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"unhealthiness",
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"unsoundness",
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"unwellness",
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"weakness",
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"malaise",
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"matter",
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"pip",
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"epidemic",
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"pest",
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"pestilence",
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"plague"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fitness",
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"healthiness",
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"heartiness",
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"robustness",
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"soundness",
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"wholeness",
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"wholesomeness",
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"fettle",
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"shape"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"health",
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"wellness"
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]
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},
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"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
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"examples":[
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"I'm rooting for the Cubs\u2014just my natural affection for the underdog, I guess"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affinity",
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"aptitude",
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"bent",
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"bias",
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"bone",
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"devices",
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"disposition",
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"genius",
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"habitude",
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"impulse",
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"inclination",
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"leaning",
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"partiality",
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"penchant",
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"predilection",
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"predisposition",
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"proclivity",
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"propensity",
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"tendency",
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"turn"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"favor",
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"one-sidedness",
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"partisanship",
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"prejudice",
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"endowment",
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"faculty",
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"flair",
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"gift",
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"knack",
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"talent",
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"addiction",
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"appetite",
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"fancy",
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"fondness",
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"like",
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"liking",
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"preference",
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"taste",
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"forte",
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"speciality",
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"specialty",
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"convention",
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"custom",
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"habit",
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"pattern",
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"practice",
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"practise",
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"routine",
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"trick",
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"way",
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"wont",
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"eccentricity",
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"idiosyncrasy",
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"kink",
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"oddity",
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"peculiarity",
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"quirk",
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"singularity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"allergy",
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"averseness",
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"aversion",
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"disfavor",
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"disinclination",
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"dislike",
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"disliking",
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"disrelish",
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"distaste",
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"detachment",
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"impartiality",
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"neutrality",
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"objectivity",
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"apathy",
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"disinterestedness",
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"indifference",
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"insouciance",
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"nonchalance",
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"unconcern"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
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"examples":[
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"religion, of one kind or another, is an affection common to every society known to have existed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"attribute",
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"attribution",
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"character",
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"characteristic",
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"criterion",
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"diagnostic",
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"differentia",
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"feature",
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"fingerprint",
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"hallmark",
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"mark",
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"marker",
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"note",
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"particularity",
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"peculiarity",
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"point",
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"property",
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"quality",
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"specific",
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"stamp",
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"touch",
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"trait"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"badge",
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"indication",
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"sign",
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"emblem",
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"symbol",
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"token",
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"charm",
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"grace",
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"excellence",
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"merit",
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"virtue",
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"eccentricity",
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"idiosyncrasy",
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"oddity",
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"quirk",
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"individuality",
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"singularity",
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"uniqueness"
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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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"noun"
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]
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},
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"affectionate":{
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"feeling or showing love":{
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"examples":[
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"an affectionate child who gives hugs and kisses freely"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adoring",
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"devoted",
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"fond",
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"loving",
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"tender",
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"tenderhearted"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"caring",
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"compassionate",
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"considerate",
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"cordial",
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"doting",
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"forgiving",
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"friendly",
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"humane",
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"kind",
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"understanding",
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"warmhearted",
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"ardent",
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"fervent",
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"impassioned",
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"passionate",
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"warm",
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"amatory",
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"amorous",
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"erotic",
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"erotical",
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"enamored",
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"infatuated",
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"lovesick",
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"lovey-dovey",
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"mushy",
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"romantic",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"fatherly",
|
|
"motherly",
|
|
"sisterly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"cold-eyed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"offish",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"disaffected",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninvolved",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"unromantic",
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unloving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affiance":{
|
|
"as in betroth , promise":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betroth",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"marry",
|
|
"wed",
|
|
"remarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"separate (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affiliations":{
|
|
"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Little League team, despite its name, the Northern Dynamites, has no affiliation with the Northern Dynamite Company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"collaborations",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"connections",
|
|
"cooperations",
|
|
"hookups",
|
|
"liaisons",
|
|
"linkups",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relationships",
|
|
"tie-ups",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"interactions",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"interconnections",
|
|
"interrelations",
|
|
"mutualisms",
|
|
"reciprocities",
|
|
"symbioses",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"integrations",
|
|
"mergers",
|
|
"unifications",
|
|
"affinities",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"intimacies",
|
|
"rapports",
|
|
"sympathies",
|
|
"kinships",
|
|
"solidarities",
|
|
"unities",
|
|
"colleagueships",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"companionships",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"cahoots",
|
|
"leagues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"disunions",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"partings",
|
|
"separations",
|
|
"severances",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"alienations",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"estrangements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disaffiliations",
|
|
"dissociations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"afford":{
|
|
"to have enough money for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can't afford a new car this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"go",
|
|
"swing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"outlay",
|
|
"pay (for)",
|
|
"pony up",
|
|
"spring (for)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"subsidize",
|
|
"underwrite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"afforded":{
|
|
"to have enough money for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can't afford a new car this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"outlaid",
|
|
"paid (for)",
|
|
"ponied up",
|
|
"sprang (for)",
|
|
"sprung (for)",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"bankrolled",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"subsidized",
|
|
"underwrote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affectedly":{
|
|
"as in artificially , unnaturally":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally",
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"cannily",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"cunningly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slickly",
|
|
"slyly",
|
|
"slily",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naively",
|
|
"na\u00efvely",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affiances":{
|
|
"as in betroths , promises":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betroths",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"marries",
|
|
"weds",
|
|
"remarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"separates (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affirming":{
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unwilling to affirm without further study that the painting is an original Rembrandt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"purporting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"countering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"gainsaying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our business partner affirmed his trust in us, and we in turn promised not to let him down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"professing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"accenting",
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"underlining",
|
|
"underscoring",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affiliates":{
|
|
"a local unit of an organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our local Humane Society is an affiliate of a national organization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"cells",
|
|
"chapters",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"locals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"subchapters",
|
|
"sub-chapters",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"posts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in associates , combines":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"hangs together",
|
|
"interfaces",
|
|
"bands (together)",
|
|
"collaborates",
|
|
"concerts",
|
|
"concurs",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"conspires",
|
|
"cooperates",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"teams (up)",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"connives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affronts":{
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took it as an affront that she wasn't invited to say a few words at the ribbon-cutting ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"brickbats",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"dises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"sarcasms",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcalls",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"vituperations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"flatteries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did not mean to affront you when I told you I didn't need your help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disrespects",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"wounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"displeases",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"sneers (at)",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"defames",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"maligns",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affirmation":{
|
|
"a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sworn affirmation that he had never acted as a spy for the enemy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"asseveration",
|
|
"avouchment",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"insistence",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"protestation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allegation",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"rationalization",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"reaffirmation",
|
|
"reconfirmation",
|
|
"vindication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disclaimer",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"confutation",
|
|
"disproof",
|
|
"rebuttal",
|
|
"refutation",
|
|
"contradiction",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"negation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affectedness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowed and sat down at the piano with a degree of affectedness that was laughable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"self-aggrandizement",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"snobbery",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"grandiloquence",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"glitz",
|
|
"mummery",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"showiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"down-to-earthness",
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affrighted":{
|
|
"filled with fear or dread":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the affrighted villagers ran in all directions at the first sight of the monster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"aghast",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"horror-struck",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"tremulant",
|
|
"tremulous",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"panicky",
|
|
"panic-stricken",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"phobic",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"manful",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"undaunted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"unafraid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ghastly sight that would affright any person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"frighted",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"scarified",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"awed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"psyched (out)",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"steeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affiliating":{
|
|
"as in associating , combining":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allying",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"confederating",
|
|
"hanging together",
|
|
"interfacing",
|
|
"banding (together)",
|
|
"collaborating",
|
|
"concerting",
|
|
"concurring",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"conspiring",
|
|
"cooperating",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"leaguing",
|
|
"teaming (up)",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"conniving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"afflictions":{
|
|
"a state of great suffering of body or mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she listened with deep affliction as her daughter told her about the latest trouble she was in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonies",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"excruciations",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"miseries",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"straits",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tribulations",
|
|
"woes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"crucibles",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"heartaches",
|
|
"heartbreaks",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"asperities",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"hardships",
|
|
"rigors",
|
|
"aches",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"stitches",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"twinges",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"jeopardies",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consolations",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"alleviations",
|
|
"assuagements",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"well-beings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a source of harm or misfortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"alcohol has been his affliction ever since he took his first drink at the age of 12"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"nemeses",
|
|
"scourges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"threats",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"booby traps",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"pitfalls",
|
|
"snags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consolations",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"safeties",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a source of persistent emotional distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suffered from afflictions that only a professional therapist could deal with"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"hang-ups",
|
|
"terrors",
|
|
"torments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"bugaboos",
|
|
"bugbears",
|
|
"hobgoblins",
|
|
"ogres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that causes loss or pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cronyism and corruption are afflictions on the body politic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disservices",
|
|
"injustices",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"wrongs",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilations",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disabilities",
|
|
"disablements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"lesions",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"abrasions",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"contusions",
|
|
"swellings",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"concussions",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"lacerations",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"scalds",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"sears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affording":{
|
|
"to have enough money for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can't afford a new car this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"going",
|
|
"swinging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"financing",
|
|
"outlaying",
|
|
"paying (for)",
|
|
"ponying up",
|
|
"springing (for)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"bidding",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"bankrolling",
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"subsidizing",
|
|
"underwriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affront":{
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took it as an affront that she wasn't invited to say a few words at the ribbon-cutting ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did not mean to affront you when I told you I didn't need your help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"wound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affinity":{
|
|
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always had an affinity for nurturing living things"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the fact or state of having something in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a study showing an affinity between obesity and socioeconomic status"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"association",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"kinship",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"linkage",
|
|
"relation",
|
|
"relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"correlation",
|
|
"interrelation",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"pertinence",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"affiliation",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"identicalness",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"alikeness",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"similarity",
|
|
"accordance",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"correspondence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variance",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affianced":{
|
|
"pledged in marriage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the affianced couple are much-sought-after guests for this year's holiday parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"betrothed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"promised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"committed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unattached"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in betrothed , promised":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrothed",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"proposed",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"married",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"wed",
|
|
"remarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"separated (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affrights":{
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ghastly sight that would affright any person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"frightens",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"scares",
|
|
"scarifies",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"terrifies",
|
|
"terrorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appalls",
|
|
"appals",
|
|
"bowls over",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shakes up",
|
|
"amazes",
|
|
"astounds",
|
|
"awes",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"dispirits",
|
|
"emasculates",
|
|
"psychs (out)",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"unstrings",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"steels"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affluent":{
|
|
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he is affluent and can afford to send his children to the best schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"well-fixed",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better-off",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"propertied",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a stream that flows into a larger body of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Nipigon and the St. Louis rivers are affluents of Lake Superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bayou",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"confluent",
|
|
"feeder",
|
|
"influent",
|
|
"tributary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backwater",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"brooklet",
|
|
"creek",
|
|
"rill",
|
|
"rivulet",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"streamlet",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headstream",
|
|
"headwater",
|
|
"source"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distributary",
|
|
"effluent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affixes":{
|
|
"to cause (something) to hold to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"affix a first-class stamp to the envelope"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"fixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clenches",
|
|
"clinches",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"glues",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"harnesses",
|
|
"hasps",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"latches",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pins",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"rivets",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"tackles",
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"toggles",
|
|
"yokes",
|
|
"coapts",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"reaffixes",
|
|
"reattaches",
|
|
"refastens",
|
|
"refixes",
|
|
"resecures",
|
|
"battens",
|
|
"belays",
|
|
"buttons",
|
|
"does up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"uncouples",
|
|
"unlinks",
|
|
"unyokes",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unfixes",
|
|
"unlashes",
|
|
"unties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unhooks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affecting":{
|
|
"having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the affecting final scene in the play, when the children are reunited with their father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"impactful",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"touching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"excitable",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"inspirational",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"cathartic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"deadpan"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffecting",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"unimpressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their son claims that scary movies don't affect him in the least"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"telling (on)",
|
|
"touching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying away",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"transporting",
|
|
"biasing",
|
|
"biassing",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"underwhelming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the business or affair of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fortunately, hurricane season doesn't affect the West Coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"touching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appertaining (to)",
|
|
"applying (to)",
|
|
"bearing (on)",
|
|
"pertaining (to)",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"relating (to)",
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"implicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she affected complete unawareness that we were talking about her, though she must have overheard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"passing (for)",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"feinting",
|
|
"malingering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to or spend time in often":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a power couple known to affect all the fancy parties in town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frequenting",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"hanging (at)",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"resorting (to)",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"infesting",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"calling (on or upon)",
|
|
"dropping by",
|
|
"dropping in",
|
|
"popping (in)",
|
|
"running (in)",
|
|
"camping (out in)",
|
|
"sojourning (at)",
|
|
"staying (at)",
|
|
"stopping (over)",
|
|
"tarrying (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"shaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"shunning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affairs":{
|
|
"a brief romantic relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an affair between two singles spending the summer at the same beach resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amours",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"love affairs",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"romances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"liaisons",
|
|
"dalliances",
|
|
"hanky-pankies",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"infatuations",
|
|
"entanglements",
|
|
"flirtations",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"calf-loves",
|
|
"puppy loves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the annual country club dance is a really fancy affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"receptions",
|
|
"shindigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"fund-raisers",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"formals",
|
|
"proms",
|
|
"celebrations",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"bacchanals",
|
|
"orgies",
|
|
"saturnalias",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"clambakes",
|
|
"cocktail parties",
|
|
"hen parties",
|
|
"house parties",
|
|
"housewarmings",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsches",
|
|
"keggers",
|
|
"keg parties",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"meet and greets",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"socials",
|
|
"soirees",
|
|
"soir\u00e9es",
|
|
"stags",
|
|
"suppers",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"tea parties",
|
|
"teas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something produced by physical or intellectual effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lead float in the parade was a pretty impressive affair , a giant eagle's head with equally huge wings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"handiworks",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"outputs",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"productions",
|
|
"products",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"commodities",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"wares",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"handicrafts",
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"corollaries",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots",
|
|
"by-products",
|
|
"byproducts",
|
|
"derivatives",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"residuals",
|
|
"side effects",
|
|
"side reactions",
|
|
"spin-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that happens":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole affair from start to finish took a total of 15 minutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"episodes",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"happenings",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"incidents",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"occurrences",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coincidences",
|
|
"co-occurrences",
|
|
"flukes",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"landmarks",
|
|
"mileposts",
|
|
"milestones",
|
|
"pages",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"turning points",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"times",
|
|
"happenchances",
|
|
"happenstances",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"tidings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something to be dealt with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's none of your affair whom I'm going out with tonight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"flash points",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"straits",
|
|
"zero hours",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"lookouts",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"spots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affiliated":{
|
|
"having a close connection like that between family members":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"costuming and set design are affiliated arts, both requiring research into the period of the play or film"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"related"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"interconnected",
|
|
"interrelated",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"cognate",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"connate",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"corresponding",
|
|
"ditto",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"resemblant",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"suchlike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"apposite",
|
|
"apropos",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"germane",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"pertinent",
|
|
"relevant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diacritical",
|
|
"diacritic",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"nonidentical",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"differentiable",
|
|
"discriminable",
|
|
"distinguishable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unrelated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in associated , combined":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"interfaced",
|
|
"banded (together)",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"concerted",
|
|
"concurred",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"conspired",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"teamed (up)",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"connived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affectless":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an affectless analysis of the cost of the war purely in pecuniary terms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"compassionless",
|
|
"desensitized",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"pachydermatous",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"slash-and-burn",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"stony",
|
|
"stoney",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"take-no-prisoners",
|
|
"thick-skinned",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unmerciful",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ironfisted",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frosty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not feeling or showing emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the accused remained affectless throughout the long trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"passionless",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"undemonstrative",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"unmoved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"deadpan",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"expressionless",
|
|
"inexpressive",
|
|
"stone-faced",
|
|
"straight-faced",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unresponsive",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"warm-blooded",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"overemotional",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"perfervid",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"reactive",
|
|
"sensitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passional",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"vehement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affords":{
|
|
"to have enough money for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can't afford a new car this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"swings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"outlays",
|
|
"pays (for)",
|
|
"ponies up",
|
|
"springs (for)",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"bankrolls",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"subsidizes",
|
|
"underwrites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affiancing":{
|
|
"as in betrothing , promising":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrothing",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"proposing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"marrying",
|
|
"wedding",
|
|
"remarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"separating (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affirm":{
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unwilling to affirm without further study that the painting is an original Rembrandt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allege",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"vindicate",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"persevere",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"reaffirm",
|
|
"reassert"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"counter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"gainsay"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our business partner affirmed his trust in us, and we in turn promised not to let him down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"profess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"accent",
|
|
"accentuate",
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"underline",
|
|
"underscore",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"reaffirm",
|
|
"reassert"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"understate",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affrays":{
|
|
"a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police had to break up an affray that started between fans of the opposing teams"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"broils",
|
|
"donnybrooks",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"free-for-alls",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"rough-and-tumbles",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scrimmages",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"tussles",
|
|
"horseplays",
|
|
"altercations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"kickups",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affair":{
|
|
"a brief romantic relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an affair between two singles spending the summer at the same beach resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amour",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"love affair",
|
|
"romance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"flirtation",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"calf-love",
|
|
"puppy love"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the annual country club dance is a really fancy affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"hen party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"soiree",
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something produced by physical or intellectual effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lead float in the parade was a pretty impressive affair , a giant eagle's head with equally huge wings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"handiwork",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"output",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"article",
|
|
"commodity",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"wares",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"handicraft",
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"corollary",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot",
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"spin-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that happens":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole affair from start to finish took a total of 15 minutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"episode",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"incident",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"occurrence",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coincidence",
|
|
"co-occurrence",
|
|
"fluke",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milepost",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"page",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"time",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"tidings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something to be dealt with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's none of your affair whom I'm going out with tonight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"zero hour",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"afferent":{
|
|
"as in receptive":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sensorial",
|
|
"sensory",
|
|
"sensuous",
|
|
"sensate",
|
|
"sensual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extrasensory",
|
|
"intuitional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affiliate":{
|
|
"a local unit of an organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our local Humane Society is an affiliate of a national organization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"cell",
|
|
"chapter",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"local"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"subchapter",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"post"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in associate , combine":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"interface",
|
|
"band (together)",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"concur",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"conspire",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"team (up)",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"connive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"afflicted":{
|
|
"as in troubled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"hypochondriac",
|
|
"hypochondriacal",
|
|
"achy",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"woozy",
|
|
"airsick",
|
|
"carsick",
|
|
"seasick",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"qualmish",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"squeamish",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"sickish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"well-conditioned",
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the South was afflicted by a severe drought",
|
|
"he's been afflicted by nightmares ever since the accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"excruciated",
|
|
"harrowed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"racked",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"tyrannized",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pained",
|
|
"panged",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"smarted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"martyred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"reprieved",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"succored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affected":{
|
|
"lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"affected laughter at the boss's jokes",
|
|
"an affected southern accent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"unnatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"hokey",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"goody-goody",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"overrefined",
|
|
"simpering",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stylized",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"studied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unprompted",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"uncontrived",
|
|
"unfeigned",
|
|
"unforced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with her pinkie extended, the four-year-old held her tiny teacup in that affected manner that some women have"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"la-di-da",
|
|
"la-de-da",
|
|
"lah-de-dah",
|
|
"lah-dee-dah",
|
|
"lah-di-dah",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"snippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"self-aggrandizing",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a liking or affection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after years of being well affected toward their grandchildren, they did not want to lose access to them because of a bitter divorce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"partial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crazy (about or over)",
|
|
"enamored",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"gone (on)",
|
|
"infatuated",
|
|
"mad (about)",
|
|
"nuts (about)",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"keen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"disaffected",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"estranged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allergic",
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"disinclined"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their son claims that scary movies don't affect him in the least"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"told (on)",
|
|
"touched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carried away",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"transported",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"biassed",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"fascinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"underwhelmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the business or affair of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fortunately, hurricane season doesn't affect the West Coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"touched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appertained (to)",
|
|
"applied (to)",
|
|
"bore (on)",
|
|
"pertained (to)",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"related (to)",
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"implicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she affected complete unawareness that we were talking about her, though she must have overheard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"passed (for)",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulated",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"feinted",
|
|
"malingered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to or spend time in often":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a power couple known to affect all the fancy parties in town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frequented",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"hung (at)",
|
|
"hanged (at)",
|
|
"resorted (to)",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"infested",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"called (on or upon)",
|
|
"dropped by",
|
|
"dropped in",
|
|
"popped (in)",
|
|
"ran (in)",
|
|
"camped (out in)",
|
|
"sojourned (at)",
|
|
"stayed (at)",
|
|
"stopped (over)",
|
|
"tarried (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"shunned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affronted":{
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did not mean to affront you when I told you I didn't need your help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disrespected",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"wounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"miffed",
|
|
"pained",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"sneered (at)",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"maligned",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"smeared",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"sweet-talked",
|
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"exalted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affluences":{
|
|
"a flowing or coming in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this affluence of new students is straining an already crowded school system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"incomes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"inpourings",
|
|
"inrushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emigrations",
|
|
"exoduses",
|
|
"flights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"afficionados":{
|
|
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an aficionado of the sci-fi series who has seen all the movies several times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addicts",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fanatics",
|
|
"fanciers",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9s",
|
|
"habitues",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"junkies",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"maniacs",
|
|
"mavens",
|
|
"mavins",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"suckers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"groupies",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"collectors",
|
|
"connoisseurs",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"rooters",
|
|
"well-wishers",
|
|
"faddists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadmirers",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"detractors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfans"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affability":{
|
|
"the state or quality of having a pleasant or agreeable manner in socializing with others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"First Lady Dolley Madison was beloved by the nation for her affability toward people from all walks of life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeability",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"personableness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"sweetness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"complaisance",
|
|
"mellowness",
|
|
"sweetness and light",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"amicableness",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"empressement",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"enjoyableness",
|
|
"likability",
|
|
"likableness",
|
|
"pleasingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"sourness",
|
|
"vinegar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affects":{
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their son claims that scary movies don't affect him in the least"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"tells (on)",
|
|
"touches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carries away",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"ravishes",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"biasses",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"underwhelms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the business or affair of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fortunately, hurricane season doesn't affect the West Coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"touches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appertains (to)",
|
|
"applies (to)",
|
|
"bears (on)",
|
|
"pertains (to)",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"relates (to)",
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"implicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she affected complete unawareness that we were talking about her, though she must have overheard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"passes (for)",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"lets on",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"malingers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to or spend time in often":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a power couple known to affect all the fancy parties in town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frequents",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"hangs (at)",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"resorts (to)",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"infests",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"calls (on or upon)",
|
|
"drops by",
|
|
"drops in",
|
|
"pops (in)",
|
|
"runs (in)",
|
|
"camps (out in)",
|
|
"sojourns (at)",
|
|
"stays (at)",
|
|
"stops (over)",
|
|
"tarries (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"shuns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affluently":{
|
|
"as in fine , comfortably":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comfortably",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"wealthily",
|
|
"grandiosely",
|
|
"ostentatiously",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"indulgently",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"prodigally",
|
|
"wantonly",
|
|
"wastefully",
|
|
"imposingly",
|
|
"impressively",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"expensively",
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"fatly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"lavishly",
|
|
"luxuriously",
|
|
"opulently",
|
|
"palatially",
|
|
"plushly",
|
|
"richly",
|
|
"sumptuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"austerely",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"cheaply",
|
|
"economically",
|
|
"frugally",
|
|
"inexpensively",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"skimpily",
|
|
"sparely",
|
|
"sparingly",
|
|
"thriftily",
|
|
"conservatively",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"restrainedly",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"temperately"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"afflictive":{
|
|
"causing or feeling bodily pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the afflictive disease known as shingles is a reactivation of the virus that causes chicken pox"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"achy",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"sore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"torturous",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"cramping",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"prickling",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"wounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"remedial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"painless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affirmatives":{
|
|
"a vote or decision for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have five affirmatives and two negatives for forming the committee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"yeas",
|
|
"yeses",
|
|
"yesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"turndowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nays",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"noes",
|
|
"nos",
|
|
"non placets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affordable":{
|
|
"being within the financial means of most people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once those electronic devices became affordable , sales skyrocketed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"popular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"inexpensive",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-end",
|
|
"rock-bottom",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-end",
|
|
"upscale"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"costing little":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they've added some affordable options"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"cheapie",
|
|
"cheapo",
|
|
"chintzy",
|
|
"cut-price",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"dime-store",
|
|
"dirt cheap",
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
|
"inexpensive",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-end",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapish",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"fire-sale",
|
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"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
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"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"supercheap",
|
|
"ultracheap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
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"prohibitory",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"superexpensive",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"luxurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"spendy",
|
|
"valuable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affectation":{
|
|
"the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a woman of great affectation at social gatherings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"self-aggrandizement",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"snobbery",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"grandiloquence",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"glitz",
|
|
"mummery",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"showiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"down-to-earthness",
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affaire":{
|
|
"a brief romantic relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an affair between two singles spending the summer at the same beach resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amour",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"love affair",
|
|
"romance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"flirtation",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"calf-love",
|
|
"puppy love"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the annual country club dance is a really fancy affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"hen party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"soiree",
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something produced by physical or intellectual effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lead float in the parade was a pretty impressive affair , a giant eagle's head with equally huge wings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"handiwork",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"output",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"article",
|
|
"commodity",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"wares",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"handicraft",
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"corollary",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot",
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"spin-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that happens":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole affair from start to finish took a total of 15 minutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"episode",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"incident",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"occurrence",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coincidence",
|
|
"co-occurrence",
|
|
"fluke",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milepost",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"page",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"time",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"tidings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something to be dealt with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's none of your affair whom I'm going out with tonight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"zero hour",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affectations":{
|
|
"the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a woman of great affectation at social gatherings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"self-aggrandizement",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vainness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"snobbery",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"grandiloquence",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"glitz",
|
|
"mummery",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"showiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"down-to-earthness",
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affirms":{
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unwilling to affirm without further study that the painting is an original Rembrandt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alleges",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"perseveres",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"reaffirms",
|
|
"reasserts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"counters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"gainsays"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our business partner affirmed his trust in us, and we in turn promised not to let him down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"professes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"accents",
|
|
"accentuates",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"underlines",
|
|
"underscores",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"reaffirms",
|
|
"reasserts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"understates",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affright":{
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ghastly sight that would affright any person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"frighten",
|
|
"horrify",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"scare",
|
|
"scarify",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"terrify",
|
|
"terrorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appall",
|
|
"appal",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"emasculate",
|
|
"psych (out)",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"unstring",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"steel"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affirmed":{
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unwilling to affirm without further study that the painting is an original Rembrandt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"purported",
|
|
"warranted"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"persevered",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"reaffirmed",
|
|
"reasserted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"countered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"gainsaid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our business partner affirmed his trust in us, and we in turn promised not to let him down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"professed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"accented",
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"underlined",
|
|
"underscored",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"reaffirmed",
|
|
"reasserted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affixed":{
|
|
"to cause (something) to hold to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"affix a first-class stamp to the envelope"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"fixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adhered",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"cinched",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clenched",
|
|
"clinched",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"glued",
|
|
"harnessed",
|
|
"hasped",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"latched",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pinned",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"riveted",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"stapled",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"tacked",
|
|
"tackled",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"toggled",
|
|
"yoked",
|
|
"coapted",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"reaffixed",
|
|
"reattached",
|
|
"refastened",
|
|
"refixed",
|
|
"resecured",
|
|
"battened",
|
|
"belayed",
|
|
"buttoned",
|
|
"did up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"unyoked",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unfixed",
|
|
"unlashed",
|
|
"untied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unhooked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"afflicts":{
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the South was afflicted by a severe drought",
|
|
"he's been afflicted by nightmares ever since the accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"excruciates",
|
|
"harrows",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"molests",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"tyrannizes",
|
|
"victimizes",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"smarts",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"martyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"reprieves",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"succors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affrighting":{
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ghastly sight that would affright any person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frighting",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"panicking",
|
|
"scarifying",
|
|
"scaring",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"spooking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"terrorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"bowling over",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awing",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"emasculating",
|
|
"psyching (out)",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"unstringing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"steeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affix":{
|
|
"to cause (something) to hold to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"affix a first-class stamp to the envelope"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clench",
|
|
"clinch",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"glue",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"harness",
|
|
"hasp",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"latch",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pin",
|
|
"plaster",
|
|
"rivet",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"staple",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"tackle",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"toggle",
|
|
"yoke",
|
|
"coapt",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"reaffix",
|
|
"reattach",
|
|
"refasten",
|
|
"refix",
|
|
"resecure",
|
|
"batten",
|
|
"belay",
|
|
"button",
|
|
"do up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unfix",
|
|
"unlash",
|
|
"untie"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unfasten",
|
|
"unhook"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affirmative":{
|
|
"a vote or decision for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have five affirmatives and two negatives for forming the committee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"yea",
|
|
"yes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"con",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"turndown"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nay",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"non placet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"afflicting":{
|
|
"hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the afflicting sight of so many earthquake victims was too much even for some hardened rescue workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"unsupportable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"piercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"supportable",
|
|
"sustainable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"livable",
|
|
"liveable",
|
|
"sufferable",
|
|
"survivable",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"allowable",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the South was afflicted by a severe drought",
|
|
"he's been afflicted by nightmares ever since the accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"anguishing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
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"irritating",
|
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"molesting",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"tyrannizing",
|
|
"victimizing",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"paining",
|
|
"panging",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"martyring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"reprieving",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"succoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"afficionado":{
|
|
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an aficionado of the sci-fi series who has seen all the movies several times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fancier",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
|
"habitue",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"junkie",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"sucker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"groupie",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"collector",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"votary",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"rooter",
|
|
"well-wisher",
|
|
"faddist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadmirer",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"carper",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"detractor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affliction":{
|
|
"a state of great suffering of body or mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she listened with deep affliction as her daughter told her about the latest trouble she was in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"excruciation",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"strait(s)",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"woe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crucible",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"hardship",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"soreness",
|
|
"stitch",
|
|
"throe",
|
|
"twinge",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"alleviation",
|
|
"assuagement",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt such great affliction over the destruction of the beautiful old home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"sorriness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a source of harm or misfortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"alcohol has been his affliction ever since he took his first drink at the age of 12"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"nemesis",
|
|
"scourge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"booby trap",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"safety",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a source of persistent emotional distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suffered from afflictions that only a professional therapist could deal with"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"hang-up",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"torment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"hobgoblin",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that causes loss or pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cronyism and corruption are afflictions on the body politic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disservice",
|
|
"injustice",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilation",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"lesion",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"abrasion",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"contusion",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"concussion",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"laceration",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"scald",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affections":{
|
|
"a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an elderly couple showing their affection for each other by little acts of kindness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"devotions",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"passions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appetites",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"cravings",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"infatuations",
|
|
"longings",
|
|
"lusts",
|
|
"yearnings",
|
|
"ardors",
|
|
"enthusiasms",
|
|
"fervors",
|
|
"zeals",
|
|
"appreciations",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"estimations",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"adorations",
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"deifications",
|
|
"idolatries",
|
|
"idolizations",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"allegiances",
|
|
"fealties",
|
|
"fidelities",
|
|
"loyalties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allergies",
|
|
"animosities",
|
|
"antagonisms",
|
|
"antipathies",
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"enmities",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"abhorrences",
|
|
"disgusts",
|
|
"repugnances",
|
|
"repulsions",
|
|
"revulsions",
|
|
"misanthropies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"hatreds",
|
|
"loathings",
|
|
"rancors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"born with a heart affection that later caused him problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ailments",
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"complications",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"diseases",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"distemperatures",
|
|
"distempers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"illnesses",
|
|
"ills",
|
|
"infirmities",
|
|
"maladies",
|
|
"sicknesses",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contagions",
|
|
"contagious diseases",
|
|
"contagia",
|
|
"infections",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bouts",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"debilities",
|
|
"decrepitudes",
|
|
"weaknesses",
|
|
"malaises",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"pestilences",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"plagues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm rooting for the Cubs\u2014just my natural affection for the underdog, I guess"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affinities",
|
|
"aptitudes",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"habitudes",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allergies",
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"disinclinations",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"disrelishes",
|
|
"distastes",
|
|
"detachments",
|
|
"impartialities",
|
|
"neutralities",
|
|
"objectivities",
|
|
"apathies",
|
|
"indifferences",
|
|
"insouciances",
|
|
"nonchalances"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"religion, of one kind or another, is an affection common to every society known to have existed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"attributions",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"diagnostics",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"afflict":{
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the South was afflicted by a severe drought",
|
|
"he's been afflicted by nightmares ever since the accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"excruciate",
|
|
"harrow",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"tyrannize",
|
|
"victimize",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"martyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affluence":{
|
|
"a flowing or coming in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this affluence of new students is straining an already crowded school system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"inflow",
|
|
"influx",
|
|
"inpouring",
|
|
"inrush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emigration",
|
|
"exodus",
|
|
"flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affaires":{
|
|
"a brief romantic relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an affair between two singles spending the summer at the same beach resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amours",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"love affairs",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"romances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"liaisons",
|
|
"dalliances",
|
|
"hanky-pankies",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"infatuations",
|
|
"entanglements",
|
|
"flirtations",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"calf-loves",
|
|
"puppy loves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the annual country club dance is a really fancy affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"receptions",
|
|
"shindigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"fund-raisers",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"formals",
|
|
"proms",
|
|
"celebrations",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"bacchanals",
|
|
"orgies",
|
|
"saturnalias",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"clambakes",
|
|
"cocktail parties",
|
|
"hen parties",
|
|
"house parties",
|
|
"housewarmings",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsches",
|
|
"keggers",
|
|
"keg parties",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"meet and greets",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"socials",
|
|
"soirees",
|
|
"soir\u00e9es",
|
|
"stags",
|
|
"suppers",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"tea parties",
|
|
"teas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something produced by physical or intellectual effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lead float in the parade was a pretty impressive affair , a giant eagle's head with equally huge wings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"handiworks",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"outputs",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"productions",
|
|
"products",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"commodities",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"wares",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"handicrafts",
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"corollaries",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots",
|
|
"by-products",
|
|
"byproducts",
|
|
"derivatives",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"residuals",
|
|
"side effects",
|
|
"side reactions",
|
|
"spin-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that happens":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole affair from start to finish took a total of 15 minutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"episodes",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"happenings",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"incidents",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"occurrences",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coincidences",
|
|
"co-occurrences",
|
|
"flukes",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"landmarks",
|
|
"mileposts",
|
|
"milestones",
|
|
"pages",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"turning points",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"times",
|
|
"happenchances",
|
|
"happenstances",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"tidings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something to be dealt with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's none of your affair whom I'm going out with tonight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"flash points",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"straits",
|
|
"zero hours",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"lookouts",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"spots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affirmations":{
|
|
"a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sworn affirmation that he had never acted as a spy for the enemy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"asseverations",
|
|
"avouchments",
|
|
"avowals",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"insistences",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"protestations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allegations",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"reaffirmations",
|
|
"reconfirmations",
|
|
"vindications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disclaimers",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"confutations",
|
|
"disproofs",
|
|
"rebuttals",
|
|
"refutations",
|
|
"contradictions",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"negations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowals"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affinities":{
|
|
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always had an affinity for nurturing living things"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"aptitudes",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"habitudes",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allergies",
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"disinclinations",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"disrelishes",
|
|
"distastes",
|
|
"detachments",
|
|
"impartialities",
|
|
"neutralities",
|
|
"objectivities",
|
|
"apathies",
|
|
"indifferences",
|
|
"insouciances",
|
|
"nonchalances"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affixing":{
|
|
"to cause (something) to hold to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"affix a first-class stamp to the envelope"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fixing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adhering",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"cinching",
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clenching",
|
|
"clinching",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"gluing",
|
|
"glueing",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"harnessing",
|
|
"hasping",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"latching",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pinning",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"stapling",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"tackling",
|
|
"toggling",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
"yoking",
|
|
"coapting",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"reaffixing",
|
|
"reattaching",
|
|
"refastening",
|
|
"refixing",
|
|
"resecuring",
|
|
"battening",
|
|
"belaying",
|
|
"buttoning",
|
|
"doing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"unyoking",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unfixing",
|
|
"unlashing",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unhooking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affect":{
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their son claims that scary movies don't affect him in the least"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"tell (on)",
|
|
"touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carry away",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"underwhelm"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the business or affair of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fortunately, hurricane season doesn't affect the West Coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appertain (to)",
|
|
"apply (to)",
|
|
"bear (on)",
|
|
"pertain (to)",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"relate (to)",
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"implicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she affected complete unawareness that we were talking about her, though she must have overheard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"pass (for)",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"malinger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to or spend time in often":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a power couple known to affect all the fancy parties in town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"hang (at)",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"resort (to)",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"infest",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"call (on or upon)",
|
|
"drop by",
|
|
"drop in",
|
|
"pop (in)",
|
|
"run (in)",
|
|
"camp (out in)",
|
|
"sojourn (at)",
|
|
"stay (at)",
|
|
"stop (over)",
|
|
"tarry (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"shun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affray":{
|
|
"a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police had to break up an affray that started between fans of the opposing teams"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"broil",
|
|
"donnybrook",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scrimmage",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"kickup",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affluents":{
|
|
"a stream that flows into a larger body of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Nipigon and the St. Louis rivers are affluents of Lake Superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bayous",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"confluents",
|
|
"feeders",
|
|
"influents",
|
|
"tributaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backwaters",
|
|
"brooklets",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"creeks",
|
|
"rills",
|
|
"rivulets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streamlets",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"headstreams",
|
|
"headwaters",
|
|
"sources"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distributaries",
|
|
"effluents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affectlessness":{
|
|
"a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though she always acts so blas\u00e9 about everything, I think her air of affectlessness is largely put on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"emotionlessness",
|
|
"impassiveness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"numbness",
|
|
"phlegm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"callosity",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"blankness",
|
|
"deadness",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"vacancy",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"stiffness",
|
|
"woodenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"histrionics",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"hysterics",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"vehemence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensibility"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affronting":{
|
|
"as in offensive , insulting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"contumelious",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"scurrile",
|
|
"scurril",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"vituperative",
|
|
"vituperatory",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"foulmouthed",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"potty-mouthed",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"defamatory",
|
|
"libelous",
|
|
"libellous",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"slanderous",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"encomiastic",
|
|
"laudative",
|
|
"laudatory",
|
|
"praiseful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did not mean to affront you when I told you I didn't need your help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disrespecting",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"wounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"miffing",
|
|
"paining",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"sneering (at)",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"smearing",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"affiliation":{
|
|
"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Little League team, despite its name, the Northern Dynamites, has no affiliation with the Northern Dynamite Company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"collaboration",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"cooperation",
|
|
"hookup",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"linkup",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"relation",
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"tie-up",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"interaction",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"interconnection",
|
|
"interrelation",
|
|
"mutualism",
|
|
"reciprocity",
|
|
"symbiosis",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"integration",
|
|
"merger",
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"intimacy",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"kinship",
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"solidarity",
|
|
"togetherness",
|
|
"unity",
|
|
"colleagueship",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"cahoots",
|
|
"league"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"alienation",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"estrangement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disaffiliation",
|
|
"dissociation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |