dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/bad_MWT.json
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{
"bad":{
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"a bad first attempt at making meat loaf resulted in a soggy, inedible mess"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable":{
"examples":[
"stealing is just plain bad"
],
"synonyms":[
"dark",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"rotten",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unlawful",
"unrighteous",
"unsavory",
"vicious",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"disreputable",
"evil-minded",
"ignoble",
"ill",
"infernal",
"low",
"mean",
"snide",
"sordid",
"atrocious",
"cruel",
"infamous",
"nasty",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"objectionable",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"reprehensible",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"loose",
"low-minded",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"scrofulous",
"sick",
"unhealthy",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"defiling",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilential",
"ugly",
"ungodly",
"unwholesome",
"banned",
"barred",
"condemned",
"discouraged",
"forbidden",
"illegal",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"unauthorized",
"unclean",
"disallowed",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"vulgar",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elevated",
"high",
"high-minded",
"law-abiding",
"legitimate",
"lofty",
"noble",
"principled",
"reputable",
"scrupulous",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"legal",
"licensed",
"permissible",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"clean",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"exemplary",
"proper",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"guiltless",
"legitimate",
"chaste",
"immaculate",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"unfallen",
"unobjectionable",
"venerable",
"white",
"wholesome",
"esteemed",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy"
],
"antonyms":[
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"sublime",
"upright",
"virtuous"
]
},
"causing or capable of causing harm":{
"examples":[
"sitting too close to the television is said to be bad for the eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"adverse",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hostile",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"contagious",
"deadly",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"poisonous",
"venomous",
"insidious",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"destructive",
"fatal",
"killer",
"lethal",
"malignant",
"ruinous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"useful",
"favorable",
"good",
"propitious",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"secure",
"sound",
"benignant",
"noncorrosive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
"nonlethal",
"nonpoisonous",
"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
],
"antonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe"
]
},
"engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior":{
"examples":[
"the children were bad , so they didn't get dessert"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrary",
"errant",
"froward",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"naughty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defiant",
"disrespectful",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impolite",
"improper",
"impudent",
"indecorous",
"insolent",
"rude",
"uncouth",
"unmannerly",
"disobedient",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"transgressing",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"willful",
"wilful",
"balky",
"restive",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"wayward",
"wild",
"arch",
"elfish",
"impish",
"knavish",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"ornery",
"pixieish",
"prankish",
"rascally",
"roguish",
"waggish",
"dissolute",
"perverse",
"wrongheaded",
"disorderly",
"rowdy",
"ruffianly",
"corrupt",
"evil",
"wicked",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"rebellious",
"disobliging",
"inconsiderate",
"selfish",
"thoughtless",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"babyish",
"childish",
"immature",
"infantile",
"jejune",
"juvenile",
"kiddish",
"puerile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"complying",
"dutiful",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"clean",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"moral",
"proper",
"respectable",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"kindly",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"cherubic",
"divine",
"heavenly",
"amenable",
"docile",
"governable",
"tractable",
"amiable",
"complaisant",
"good-natured",
"obliging",
"pleasant",
"discreet",
"modest",
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature"
],
"antonyms":[
"behaved",
"behaving",
"nice",
"orderly"
]
},
"feeling unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"hearing about the world's miseries always makes him feel bad"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
]
},
"having a fault":{
"examples":[
"a bad video connection that is causing some picture loss"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fallible",
"blemished",
"broken",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"vitiated",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"wanting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"entire",
"intact",
"whole",
"unblemished",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"unspoiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"perfect"
]
},
"having undergone organic breakdown":{
"examples":[
"I think the milk has turned bad"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"putrefied",
"putrid",
"rotten",
"spoiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curdled",
"fermented",
"off",
"rancid",
"rank",
"sour",
"soured",
"sourish",
"turned",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"corroded",
"crumbled",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"disintegrated",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"mildewy",
"moldering",
"moldy",
"putrefying",
"putrescent",
"rotting",
"gangrenous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"good",
"sweet",
"preserved",
"pristine",
"uncontaminated",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"unspoiled",
"untainted",
"untouched"
],
"antonyms":[
"undecomposed"
]
},
"not giving pleasure to the mind or senses":{
"examples":[
"the air in the damp basement had a very bad smell"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"disagreeable",
"displeasing",
"distasteful",
"harsh",
"icky",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"sour",
"uncongenial",
"unlovely",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"unsavory",
"unwelcome",
"wicked",
"yucky",
"yukky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"beastly",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"ghastly",
"gnarly",
"god-awful",
"gross",
"hateful",
"hellish",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shocking",
"sick",
"sickening",
"ugly",
"unholy",
"vile",
"villainous",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"galling",
"irritating",
"vexing",
"crappy",
"cruddy",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"sucky",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"amiable",
"charming",
"cheery",
"friendly",
"jolly",
"kindly",
"sweet"
],
"antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"congenial",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome"
]
},
"of low quality":{
"examples":[
"bad shoes that fell apart within a week"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargain-basement",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"poor",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"schlock",
"schlocky",
"shlock",
"shlocky",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"indifferent",
"lackluster",
"second-class",
"brummagem",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"meretricious",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elegant",
"handsome",
"tasteful",
"handcrafted",
"polished",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
]
},
"temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body":{
"examples":[
"I've been feeling bad all week with this cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"ailing",
"down",
"ill",
"indisposed",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"poorly",
"punk",
"run-down",
"sick",
"sickened",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"symptomatic",
"cruddy",
"lousy",
"seedy",
"sickish",
"nauseated",
"nauseous",
"qualmish",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"airsick",
"carsick",
"seasick",
"dizzy",
"light-headed",
"shaky",
"woozy",
"achy",
"feverish",
"diseased",
"disordered",
"decrepit",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"infirm",
"invalid",
"sickly",
"weak",
"weakly",
"afflicted",
"troubled",
"challenged",
"debilitated",
"disabled",
"halt",
"incapacitated",
"lame",
"hypochondriac",
"hypochondriacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"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":[
"hale",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome"
]
},
"having no legal or binding force":{
"examples":[
"all known claims on the property were dismissed by the court as bad"
],
"synonyms":[
"inoperative",
"invalid",
"nonbinding",
"nonvalid",
"nugatory",
"null",
"null and void",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"illegal",
"useless",
"worthless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual"
],
"near antonyms":[
"legal",
"working"
],
"antonyms":[
"binding",
"good",
"valid"
]
},
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
"examples":[
"with all of his tattoos and piercings, that skinhead looks like one really bad dude"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitchy",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vicious",
"virulent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"devious",
"scoundrelly",
"scurvy",
"snakelike",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"vindictive",
"vitriolic",
"contemptuous",
"deprecating",
"derogatory",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"mean-spirited",
"obnoxious",
"opprobrious",
"scornful",
"snide",
"snotty",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unloving",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"evil",
"harsh",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"poisonous",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gracious",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"affectionate",
"amorous",
"sweet",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"humane",
"altruistic",
"high-minded",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"unmalicious"
]
},
"in an unsatisfactory way":{
"examples":[
"you didn't do too bad on the treadmill test"
],
"synonyms":[
"badly",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"lousily",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmally",
"atrociously",
"awfully",
"damnably",
"deplorably",
"detestably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"execrably",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horrifically",
"rottenly",
"terribly",
"intolerably",
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"reprehensibly",
"unsuitably",
"vulgarly",
"naughtily",
"egregiously",
"flagrantly",
"grossly",
"miserably",
"shoddily",
"sleazily",
"trashily",
"unspeakably",
"abominably",
"odiously",
"vilely",
"inferiorly",
"insufficiently",
"meagerly",
"meanly",
"niggardly",
"scantily",
"scantly",
"shabbily",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"stingily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decently",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"exactly",
"faithfully",
"ideally",
"precisely",
"respectably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well"
]
},
"that which is morally unacceptable":{
"examples":[
"there's bad and good in people of every race and nationality"
],
"synonyms":[
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"balefulness",
"darkness",
"depravedness",
"devilishness",
"diabolism",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"iniquitousness",
"satanism",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"fiendishness",
"cancer",
"canker",
"decay",
"rot",
"squalor",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"depravity",
"indecency",
"malefaction",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"scurrility",
"scurrilousness",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"taboo",
"tabu"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"good",
"morality",
"right",
"virtue"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"bad blood":{
"a deep-seated ill will":{
"examples":[
"there's been bad blood between the two families for years"
],
"synonyms":[
"animosity",
"animus",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blood feud",
"feud",
"score",
"vendetta",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"conflict",
"coolness",
"discord",
"friction",
"strain",
"tension",
"inhospitableness",
"unfriendliness",
"malice",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"venom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amiability",
"amicability",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"neighborliness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"amity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bad-mouthed":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittled",
"cried down",
"decried",
"denigrated",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"derogated",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"disparaged",
"dissed",
"kissed off",
"minimized",
"played down",
"poor-mouthed",
"put down",
"ran down",
"talked down",
"trashed",
"trash-talked",
"vilipended",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommended",
"abused",
"scolded",
"disapproved (of)",
"disliked",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"aspersed",
"defamed",
"maligned",
"ripped",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"discredited",
"disgraced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"countenanced",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"sanctioned",
"commended",
"complimented",
"eulogized"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"praised"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"baddy":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"examples":[
"the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable"
],
"synonyms":[
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"villainess",
"blackguard",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"felon",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"transgressor",
"sinner",
"trespasser",
"wrongdoer",
"cad",
"heel",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"con",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gunman",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"racketeer",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"rough",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"loser",
"lowlife",
"ne'er-do-well",
"stinker",
"trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"innocent",
"saint",
"hero"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badger":{
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"He's always badgering me about the dishes."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nag",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"hound",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"hassle",
"heckle",
"egg",
"goad",
"incite",
"prod",
"prompt",
"spur",
"urge",
"exhort",
"insist",
"press",
"pressure",
"push",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the pelt or fur of a badger":{
"examples":[
"The boutique features a variety of scarfs, including badger , fox, and ermine."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beaver",
"chamois",
"chinchilla",
"ermine",
"fisher",
"fox",
"marten",
"mink",
"muskrat",
"otter",
"Persian lamb",
"rabbit",
"raccoon",
"racoon",
"sable",
"seal",
"bearskin",
"buckskin",
"calfskin",
"coonskin",
"cowhide",
"deerskin",
"doeskin",
"goatskin",
"horsehide",
"karakul",
"kidskin",
"kolinsky",
"lambskin",
"pigskin",
"rawhide",
"sealskin",
"sharkskin",
"sheep",
"sheepskin",
"snakeskin",
"fleece",
"mouton",
"alligator",
"crocodile",
"cordovan",
"morocco",
"patent leather",
"suede",
"fur",
"hide",
"leather",
"pelt",
"skin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"badness":{
"the state or quality of being utterly evil":{
"examples":[
"the villain's complete badness made him a good foil for the unfailingly virtuous hero"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"hideousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accursedness",
"baseness",
"cursedness",
"devilishness",
"execrableness",
"fiendishness",
"hellishness",
"corruption",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"pervertedness",
"immorality",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"morality",
"chasteness",
"innocence",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baddies":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"examples":[
"the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable"
],
"synonyms":[
"beasts",
"brutes",
"caitiffs",
"devils",
"evildoers",
"fiends",
"heavies",
"hounds",
"knaves",
"meanies",
"miscreants",
"monsters",
"nazis",
"no-goods",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"savages",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scamps",
"scapegraces",
"scoundrels",
"varlets",
"villains",
"wretches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"villainesses",
"blackguards",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"felons",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"offenders",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"transgressors",
"sinners",
"trespassers",
"wrongdoers",
"cads",
"heels",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"vipers",
"bandits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"cons",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"assassins",
"cutthroats",
"gangsters",
"goons",
"gunmen",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"racketeers",
"ruffians",
"thugs",
"roughs",
"rowdies",
"toughs",
"losers",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"stinkers",
"trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels",
"innocents",
"saints",
"heroes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bad-mouths":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"denigrates",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"derogates",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"disparages",
"disses",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"poor-mouths",
"puts down",
"runs down",
"talks down",
"trashes",
"trash-talks",
"vilipends",
"writes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommends",
"abuses",
"scolds",
"disapproves (of)",
"dislikes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"asperses",
"defames",
"maligns",
"rips",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"discredits",
"disgraces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"countenances",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"sanctions",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bade":{
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjured",
"bossed (around)",
"charged",
"commanded",
"directed",
"enjoined",
"instructed",
"ordered",
"told"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asked",
"petitioned",
"requested",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"entreated",
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"warned",
"appointed",
"assigned",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"led",
"managed",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"forced",
"obliged",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"followed",
"kept",
"observed"
],
"antonyms":[
"minded",
"obeyed"
]
},
"to request the presence or participation of":{
"examples":[
"as company president, I bid you all to come to our annual holiday party!"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked",
"invited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"solicited",
"beckoned",
"called",
"summoned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"badgered":{
"as in pestered , harassed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bedeviled",
"frustrated",
"haggled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"inconvenienced",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"pinpricked",
"plagued",
"provoked",
"tested",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"tried",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"narked",
"peeved",
"put out",
"scunnered",
"teed off",
"vexed",
"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled",
"upset",
"angered",
"angry",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"bristly",
"cross",
"disapproving",
"huffy",
"piqued",
"resentful",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"snappish",
"snuffy",
"testy",
"touchy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"pleased",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"He's always badgering me about the dishes."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nagged",
"baited",
"bullyragged",
"ballyragged",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hounded",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"teased",
"hassled",
"heckled",
"egged",
"goaded",
"incited",
"prodded",
"prompted",
"spurred",
"urged",
"exhorted",
"insisted",
"pressed",
"pressured",
"pushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"roused",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"rankled",
"roiled",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"miffed",
"offended",
"outraged",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"ate",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"exasperated",
"frosted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hacked (off)",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"narked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"badly":{
"in an unsatisfactory way":{
"examples":[
"I'm afraid you performed quite badly in our last rehearsal"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"lousily",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmally",
"atrociously",
"awfully",
"damnably",
"deplorably",
"detestably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"execrably",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horrifically",
"rottenly",
"terribly",
"intolerably",
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"reprehensibly",
"unsuitably",
"vulgarly",
"naughtily",
"egregiously",
"flagrantly",
"grossly",
"miserably",
"shoddily",
"sleazily",
"trashily",
"unspeakably",
"abominably",
"odiously",
"vilely",
"inferiorly",
"insufficiently",
"meagerly",
"meanly",
"niggardly",
"scantily",
"scantly",
"shabbily",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"stingily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decently",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"exactly",
"faithfully",
"ideally",
"precisely",
"respectably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well"
]
},
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"blood donors are badly needed this time of year"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
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"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
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"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"baddie":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"examples":[
"the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable"
],
"synonyms":[
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"villainess",
"blackguard",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"felon",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"transgressor",
"sinner",
"trespasser",
"wrongdoer",
"cad",
"heel",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"con",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gunman",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"racketeer",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"rough",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"loser",
"lowlife",
"ne'er-do-well",
"stinker",
"trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"innocent",
"saint",
"hero"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bad-mouth":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"vilipend",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommend",
"abuse",
"scold",
"disapprove (of)",
"dislike",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"asperse",
"defame",
"malign",
"rip",
"slander",
"slur",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"discredit",
"disgrace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"countenance",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"sanction",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bad faith":{
"as in dishonesty , deceit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"lying",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness",
"artifice",
"cozenage",
"crookedness",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"fraudulentness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"two-facedness",
"beguilement",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"furtiveness",
"guile",
"indirection",
"insidiousness",
"oiliness",
"perfidy",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness",
"treacherousness",
"trickery",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"wiliness",
"equivocation",
"prevarication",
"exaggeration",
"inaccuracy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"verity",
"honor",
"honorableness",
"incorruptibility",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badland":{
"as in desert , wasteland":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barren",
"desert",
"waste",
"wasteland",
"outside",
"without",
"backwoods",
"bush",
"country",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"sticks",
"up-country",
"nature",
"open",
"open air",
"outdoors",
"out-of-doors",
"wild",
"wilderness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bade fair":{
"to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{
"examples":[
"The weather conditions bid fair to yield a good crop."
],
"synonyms":[
"augured",
"boded",
"foreboded",
"forboded",
"promised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"forewarned",
"warned",
"anticipated",
"divined",
"foreknew",
"foresaw",
"betokened",
"foreshadowed",
"harbingered",
"portended",
"prefigured",
"presignified",
"indicated",
"signified",
"alluded",
"connoted",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"suggested"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"badgers":{
"the pelt or fur of a badger":{
"examples":[
"The boutique features a variety of scarfs, including badger , fox, and ermine."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beavers",
"chamois",
"chamoix",
"chinchillas",
"ermines",
"fishers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"marten",
"martens",
"mink",
"minks",
"muskrat",
"muskrats",
"otters",
"otter",
"Persian lambs",
"rabbit",
"rabbits",
"raccoon",
"raccoons",
"racoon",
"racoons",
"sables",
"seals",
"bearskins",
"buckskins",
"calfskins",
"coonskins",
"cowhides",
"deerskins",
"doeskins",
"goatskins",
"horsehides",
"karakuls",
"kidskins",
"kolinskies",
"lambskins",
"pigskins",
"rawhides",
"sealskins",
"sharkskins",
"sheep",
"sheepskins",
"snakeskins",
"fleeces",
"moutons",
"alligators",
"crocodiles",
"cordovans",
"moroccos",
"patent leathers",
"suedes",
"furs",
"hides",
"leathers",
"pelts",
"skins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"He's always badgering me about the dishes."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nags",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"hounds",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"hassles",
"heckles",
"eggs",
"goads",
"incites",
"prods",
"prompts",
"spurs",
"urges",
"exhorts",
"insists",
"presses",
"pressures",
"pushes",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"badge":{
"as in insignia , crest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coat of arms",
"cognizance",
"crest",
"insignia",
"monogram",
"emblem",
"ensign",
"hallmark",
"impresa",
"logo",
"symbol",
"totem",
"trademark",
"attribute",
"icon",
"ikon",
"pictograph",
"logogram",
"logograph",
"colophon",
"stamp",
"token"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in medal , trophy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crown",
"cup",
"laurel",
"medal",
"order",
"plaque",
"plate",
"ribbon",
"trophy",
"accolade",
"award",
"blue ribbon",
"decoration",
"distinction",
"honor",
"kudo",
"plume",
"premium",
"prize",
"applause",
"bravo",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"hallelujah",
"homage",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"plaudit",
"tribute",
"citation",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"honorable mention"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badinage":{
"good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks":{
"examples":[
"the sophisticated badinage of the characters in plays by Oscar Wilde"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"banter",
"chaff",
"give-and-take",
"jesting",
"joshing",
"persiflage",
"raillery",
"repartee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barb",
"crack",
"dig",
"gag",
"gambit",
"jest",
"joke",
"laugh",
"pleasantry",
"quip",
"sally",
"waggery",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"drollness",
"facetiousness",
"funniness",
"hilariousness",
"humorousness",
"richness",
"fooling",
"kidding",
"mocking",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"ridiculing",
"humor",
"wit",
"wordplay",
"nothings",
"chatter",
"chitchat",
"gossip",
"small talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badgering":{
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"He's always badgering me about the dishes."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nagging",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hounding",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"egging",
"goading",
"inciting",
"prodding",
"prompting",
"spurring",
"urging",
"exhorting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"pushing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"badges":{
"as in insignia , crests":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coats of arms",
"cognizances",
"crests",
"insignia",
"insignias",
"monograms",
"emblems",
"ensigns",
"hallmarks",
"impresas",
"logos",
"symbols",
"totems",
"trademarks",
"attributes",
"icons",
"ikons",
"pictographs",
"logograms",
"logographs",
"colophons",
"stamps",
"tokens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in medals , trophies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crowns",
"cups",
"laurels",
"medals",
"orders",
"plaques",
"plates",
"ribbons",
"trophies",
"accolades",
"awards",
"blue ribbons",
"decorations",
"distinctions",
"honors",
"kudos",
"plumes",
"premiums",
"prizes",
"applauses",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"hallelujahs",
"homages",
"paeans",
"panegyrics",
"plaudits",
"tributes",
"citations",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"honorable mentions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badlands":{
"as in deserts , wildernesses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barrens",
"deserts",
"desolations",
"heaths",
"no-man's-lands",
"wastelands",
"wastes",
"natures",
"wildernesses",
"wilds",
"brushes",
"bushes",
"outdoors",
"dust bowls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bad-mouthing":{
"as in vilification , disparagement":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersion",
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"revilement",
"vilification",
"expletive",
"swearword",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"criticism",
"excoriation",
"opprobrium",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"epithet",
"insult",
"put-down",
"slur",
"broadside",
"diatribe",
"harangue",
"polemic",
"tirade",
"blasphemy",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"profanity",
"blackguardism",
"abuse",
"billingsgate",
"fulmination",
"invective",
"obloquy",
"scurrility",
"vitriol",
"vituperation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"endearments",
"felicitations",
"adulation",
"blarney",
"flattery",
"overpraise",
"soft soap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"derogating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"poor-mouthing",
"putting down",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}