dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/afl_MWT.json
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{
"afloat":{
"riding upon the surface of a body of liquid":{
"examples":[
"the boat can't stay afloat much longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"floating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buoyant",
"floaty",
"unsinkable",
"free-floating",
"awash",
"drifting",
"gliding",
"hanging",
"hovering",
"poised",
"sailing",
"wafting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aground",
"high and dry"
],
"antonyms":[
"sinking",
"sunk"
]
},
"as in abroad , hereabouts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abroad",
"hereabouts",
"hereabout",
"all over",
"everyplace",
"everywhere",
"about",
"around",
"round"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"aflutter":{
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"Jonathan was all aflutter about taking a job at the new start-up company"
],
"synonyms":[
"antsy",
"anxious",
"atwitter",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"goosey",
"het up",
"hinky",
"hung up",
"ill at ease",
"insecure",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"uptight",
"worried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"disquieted",
"distraught",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"freaked",
"freaked-out",
"shook-up",
"apprehensive",
"foreboding",
"hesitant",
"misgiving",
"fretful",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"vexed",
"qualmish",
"qualmy",
"flustered",
"twittered",
"undone",
"unnerved",
"unstrung",
"obsessed",
"preoccupied",
"restless",
"fidgety",
"flighty",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hypertense",
"skittish",
"spooky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"controlled",
"self-controlled"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"easy",
"happy-go-lucky",
"nerveless",
"relaxed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"aflame":{
"being on fire":{
"examples":[
"the kindling in the wood stove was aflame as soon as I held a match to it"
],
"synonyms":[
"ablaze",
"afire",
"alight",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"conflagrant",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aglow",
"flaring",
"flickering",
"glowing",
"live",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"broiling",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sizzling",
"burned",
"burnt",
"charred",
"incinerated",
"scorched",
"seared",
"singed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"damped",
"dead",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"suffocated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}