3940 lines
78 KiB
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3940 lines
78 KiB
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{
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"dilapidating":{
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"as in breaking down , degrading":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"breaking down",
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"corrupting",
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"decomposing",
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"degrading",
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"disintegrating",
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"moldering",
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"putrefying",
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"abating",
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"de-escalating",
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"diminishing",
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"downsizing",
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"dwindling",
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"receding",
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"waning",
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"souring",
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"spoiling",
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"atrophying",
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"crumbling",
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"decaying",
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"declining",
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"degenerating",
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"descending",
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"deteriorating",
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"devolving",
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"ebbing",
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"regressing",
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"retrograding",
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"rotting",
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"sinking",
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"worsening",
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"lessening",
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"lowering",
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"reducing",
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"debilitating",
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"undermining",
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"drooping",
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"failing",
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"falling",
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"flagging",
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"lagging",
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"languishing",
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"running down",
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"sagging",
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"slipping",
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"wasting (away)",
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"weakening",
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"wilting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ameliorating",
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"improving",
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"meliorating",
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"bettering",
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"upgrading",
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"enhancing",
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"enriching",
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"fortifying",
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"heightening",
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"intensifying",
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"strengthening",
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"advancing",
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"developing",
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"marching",
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"proceeding",
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"progressing"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dilatation":{
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"as in swelling , bump":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blob",
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"bump",
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"gibbosity",
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"hump",
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"knob",
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"knot",
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"knurl",
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"lump",
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"nub",
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"obtrusion",
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"puff",
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"snag",
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"swelling",
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"dome",
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"block",
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"piece",
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"portion",
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"section",
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"bulge",
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"bunch",
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"convexity",
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"jut",
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"overhang",
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"projection",
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"protrusion",
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"protuberance",
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"swell",
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"enlargement",
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"escalation",
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"expansion",
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"increase",
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"hill",
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"mound"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cavity",
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"concave",
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"concavity",
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"dent",
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"depression",
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"dint",
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"hollow",
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"indent",
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"indentation",
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"indenture",
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"pit",
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"recess",
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"crater",
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"hole",
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"well",
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"basin",
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"bowl",
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"dip",
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"valley",
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"furrow",
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"groove",
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"trench",
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"trough",
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"dimple",
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"gouge",
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"impression",
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"notch",
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"pocket"
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],
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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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"dilated":{
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"as in bulging , protuberant":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bulging",
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"protuberant",
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"bloated",
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"blown",
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"distended",
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"overinflated",
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"puffed",
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"swollen",
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"tumescent",
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"tumid",
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"turgid",
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"varicose",
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"varicosed",
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"ballooned",
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"blown up",
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"expanded",
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"ventricose",
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"ballooning",
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"dilating",
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"turgescent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"collapsed",
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"deflated",
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"detumescent"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in inflated , distended":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blew up",
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"distended",
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"inflated",
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"accelerated",
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"added (to)",
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"aggrandized",
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"amplified",
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"augmented",
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"boosted",
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"built up",
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"compounded",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"extended",
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"hyped",
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"increased",
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"multiplied",
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"pumped up",
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"raised",
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"stoked",
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"supersized",
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"swelled",
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"upped",
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"boomed",
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"jumped",
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"skyrocketed",
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"spiked",
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"bumped (up)",
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"ratcheted (up)",
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"racheted (up)",
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"drew out",
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"elongated",
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"fleshed (out)",
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"lengthened",
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"prolonged",
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"protracted",
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"stretched",
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"developed",
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"enhanced",
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"heightened",
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"intensified",
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"magnified",
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"complemented",
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"supplemented",
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"beefed (up)",
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"reinforced",
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"reenforced",
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"strengthened",
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"maximized"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abbreviated",
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"abridged",
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"curtailed",
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"shortened",
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"constricted",
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"contracted",
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"cut back",
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"retrenched",
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"abated",
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"decreased",
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"de-escalated",
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"diminished",
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"downsized",
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"dwindled",
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"lessened",
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"lowered",
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"minified",
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"reduced",
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"subtracted (from)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dilatory":{
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"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
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"examples":[
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"the homeowner is claiming that local firefighters were dilatory in responding to the call"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawling",
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"creeping",
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"dallying",
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"dawdling",
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"dillydallying",
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"dragging",
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"laggard",
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"lagging",
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"languid",
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"leisurely",
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"poking",
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"poky",
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"pokey",
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"slow",
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"sluggish",
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"snail-paced",
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"snaillike",
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"tardy",
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"unhurried"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deliberate",
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"measured",
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"inactive",
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"inert",
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"lethargic",
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"loafing",
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"lounging",
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"lingering",
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"loitering",
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"tarrying",
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"ambling",
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"heavy-footed",
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"inching",
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"plodding",
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"shuffling",
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"slow-footed",
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"strolling",
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"decelerating",
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"slowing",
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"filibustering",
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"procrastinating",
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"stalling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"expeditious",
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"prompt",
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"ready",
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"accelerated",
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"hastened",
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"quickened",
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"hurried",
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"rushed"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"barreling",
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"bolting",
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"breakneck",
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"breathless",
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"brisk",
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"careering",
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"dizzy",
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"fast",
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"fleet",
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"flying",
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"hasty",
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"hurrying",
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"lightning",
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"meteoric",
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"quick",
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"racing",
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"rapid",
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"rocketing",
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"running",
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"rushing",
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"scooting",
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"scudding",
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"scurrying",
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"snappy",
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"speeding",
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"speedy",
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"swift",
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"warp-speed",
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"whirling",
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"whirlwind",
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"whisking",
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"zipping"
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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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"dillydallies":{
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"to move or act slowly":{
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"examples":[
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"don't dillydally on the way to the store"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawls",
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"creeps",
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"dallies",
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"dawdles",
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"delays",
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"diddles",
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"drags",
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"lags",
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"lingers",
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"loiters",
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"lollygags",
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"lallygags",
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"mopes",
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"pokes",
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"shilly-shallies",
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"tarries"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fiddles (around)",
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"fools around",
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"messes around",
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"monkeys (around)",
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"plays",
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"potters (around)",
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"putters (around)",
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"trifles",
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"hangs (around or out)",
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"idles",
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"loafs",
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"lolls",
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"lounges",
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"ambles",
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"eases",
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"inches",
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"lumbers",
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"plods",
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"saunters",
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"shuffles",
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"staggers",
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"strolls",
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"decelerates",
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"slows (down or up)",
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"filibusters",
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"procrastinates",
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"stalls",
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"temporizes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bowls",
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"breezes",
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"darts",
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"humps",
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"hurtles",
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"hustles",
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"scrambles",
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"stampedes",
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"gallops",
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"jogs",
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"runs",
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"sprints",
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"trots",
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"accelerates",
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"quickens",
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"speeds (up)",
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"catches up",
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"fast-forwards",
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"outpaces",
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"outruns",
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"outstrips",
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"overtakes"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"barrels",
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"bolts",
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"careers",
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"courses",
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"dashes",
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"flies",
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"hastens",
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"hotfoots (it)",
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"hurries",
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"races",
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"rips",
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"rockets",
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"runs",
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"rushes",
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"scoots",
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"scuds",
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"scurries",
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"speeds",
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"tears",
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"whirls",
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"whisks",
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"whizzes",
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"zips"
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]
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},
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"to spend time doing nothing":{
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"examples":[
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"restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bums",
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"chills",
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"dallies",
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"dawdles",
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"drones",
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"footles",
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"goofs (off)",
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"hacks (around)",
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"hangs about",
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"hangs (around or out)",
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"idles",
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"kicks around",
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"kicks back",
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"lazes",
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"lazies",
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"loafs",
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"lolls",
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"lounges",
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"vegges out",
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"veges out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fiddles (around)",
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"fools",
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"messes",
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"monkeys",
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"mucks",
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"piddles",
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"plays",
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"potters (around)",
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"putters (around)",
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"trifles",
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"dozes",
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"estivates",
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"aestivates",
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"hibernates",
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"lags",
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"lingers",
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"loiters",
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"pokes",
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"relaxes",
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"rests",
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"tarries",
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"ambles",
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"moseys",
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"saunters",
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"strolls",
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"swans",
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"furloughs",
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"goldbricks",
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"malingers",
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"truants"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drudges",
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"grinds",
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"grubs",
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"humps",
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"hustles",
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"labors",
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"moils",
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"pegs",
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"plods",
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"plows",
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"plugs",
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"slaves",
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"sweats",
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"toils",
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"travails",
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"works",
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"applies",
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"buckles (down)",
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"exerts",
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"puts out"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dilute":{
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"not containing very much of some important element":{
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"examples":[
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"a dilute acid that's safe to handle in the classroom"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"diluted",
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"thin",
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"thinned",
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"washy",
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"watery",
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"weak",
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"weakened"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adulterated",
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"watered-down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"enriched",
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"fortified",
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"concentrated",
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"condensed",
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"evaporated"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"full-bodied",
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"rich",
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"strong"
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]
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},
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"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
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"examples":[
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"a dilute solution of ammonia"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adulterate",
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"adulterated",
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"alloyed",
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"contaminated",
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"diluted",
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"impure",
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"polluted",
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"tainted",
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"thinned",
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"weakened"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"unclarified",
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"unfiltered",
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"unrefined",
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"bemired",
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"besmirched",
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"corrupted",
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"debased",
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"defiled",
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"dirtied",
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"fouled",
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"maculate",
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"maculated",
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"soiled",
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"spoiled",
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"sullied",
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"blended",
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"commingled",
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"incorporated",
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"intermingled",
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"intermixed",
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"merged",
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"mingled",
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"mixed",
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"coalesced",
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"combined",
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"compounded",
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"cheapened",
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"doctored"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clarified",
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"filtered",
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"purified",
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"refined",
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"ultrarefined",
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"neat",
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"plain",
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"straight",
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"concentrated",
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"strong",
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"uncombined",
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"pasteurized",
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"sterile",
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"sterilized",
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"clean",
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"immaculate",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
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"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"ultrapure",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"uncut",
|
|
"undiluted",
|
|
"unmixed",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pharmacist was convicted of diluting prescription drugs in order to increase profits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"sophisticate",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"water down",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"load",
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"envenom",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"infect",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilize",
|
|
"lard",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"distill",
|
|
"distil",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"leach",
|
|
"pasteurize",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"condense"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"richen",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diluting":{
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pharmacist was convicted of diluting prescription drugs in order to increase profits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterating",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"sophisticating",
|
|
"thinning",
|
|
"watering down",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"envenoming",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"infecting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"tampering (with)",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"attenuating",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"tempering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilizing",
|
|
"larding",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"leaching",
|
|
"pasteurizing",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"condensing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"richening",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diluted":{
|
|
"not containing very much of some important element":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to clean the bird feeder, soak it in a solution of diluted bleach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"washy",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"watered-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"evaporated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"full-bodied",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a diluted solution of sulfuric acid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"alloyed",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"unfiltered",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"maculate",
|
|
"maculated",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"doctored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"ultrarefined",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"uncombined",
|
|
"pasteurized",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"sterilized",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"ultrapure",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"uncut",
|
|
"undiluted",
|
|
"unmixed",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pharmacist was convicted of diluting prescription drugs in order to increase profits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"watered down",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"envenomed",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"infected",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"tempered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilized",
|
|
"larded",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"distilled",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"leached",
|
|
"pasteurized",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"condensed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"richened",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilemma":{
|
|
"a situation in which one has to choose between two or more equally unsatisfactory choices":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"faced with a dilemma of whether to risk continuing to drive in the dangerous storm or to give up searching for the lost dog and hope he survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"double bind",
|
|
"quandary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with home prices in a free fall, sellers were in a terrible dilemma"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"jackpot",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"rabbit hole",
|
|
"rattrap",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sticky wicket",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"node",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"soup",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"quandary",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"strait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilatoriness":{
|
|
"as in sluggishness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"belatedness",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"tardiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earliness",
|
|
"prematureness",
|
|
"prematurity",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"punctuality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diligence":{
|
|
"attentive and persistent effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"through the diligence and ingenuity of a single detective, the gang's ringleader was finally caught"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assiduity",
|
|
"assiduousness",
|
|
"industriousness",
|
|
"industry",
|
|
"sedulity",
|
|
"sedulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"application",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"tirelessness",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"effortfulness",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"slackness",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilates (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"elaborates (on)",
|
|
"enlarges (on or upon)",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"fleshes (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"runs on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"sums up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"shortens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilating (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"elaborating (on)",
|
|
"enlarging (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"fleshing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"discoursing",
|
|
"expatiating",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilettanti":{
|
|
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dilettante at heart, she was never willing to commit the time and effort that ballet demands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"hobbyists",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"nonexperts",
|
|
"nonprofessionals",
|
|
"potterers",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"tinkerers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all-rounders",
|
|
"generalists",
|
|
"general practitioners",
|
|
"jacks-of-all-trades",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"specialists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person having a knowledgeable and fine appreciation of the arts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she writes about art not from the point of view of an artist but from that of a committed dilettante"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cognoscenti",
|
|
"connoisseurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"reviewers",
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"collectors",
|
|
"specialists",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"groundlings",
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"materialists",
|
|
"philistines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilate":{
|
|
"as in inflate , distend":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stoke",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"bump (up)",
|
|
"ratchet (up)",
|
|
"rachet (up)",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"maximize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"minify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subtract (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dillydallied":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't dillydally on the way to the store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"lollygagged",
|
|
"lallygagged",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustered",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"temporized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"kicked back",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"lazied",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"vegged out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"mucked",
|
|
"piddled",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"estivated",
|
|
"aestivated",
|
|
"hibernated",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"moseyed",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"swanned",
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"goldbricked",
|
|
"malingered",
|
|
"truanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diligently":{
|
|
"in a manner involving great or constant activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"struggling diligently to contact everyone who might need a ride to the polls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"busily",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"laboriously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"tirelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lifelessly",
|
|
"sleepily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"idly",
|
|
"inactively"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"with great effort or determination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"working diligently to finish his documentary in time for the film festival"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amain",
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"doggedly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"slavishly",
|
|
"strenuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"busily",
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"zealously",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"unabatedly",
|
|
"unrelentingly",
|
|
"unremittingly",
|
|
"ardently",
|
|
"attentively",
|
|
"conscientiously",
|
|
"earnestly",
|
|
"exhaustively",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"tirelessly",
|
|
"unflaggingly",
|
|
"untiringly",
|
|
"wearilessly",
|
|
"obstinately",
|
|
"stubbornly",
|
|
"willfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lackadaisically",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"shiftlessly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilation":{
|
|
"as in scattering , dispersion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"decompression",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"distension",
|
|
"distention",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"compaction",
|
|
"compression",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"constriction",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"telescoping",
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"consolidation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilly":{
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"came up with a dilly of an idea to get the fledgling company off the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaut",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"bee's knees",
|
|
"cat's meow",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"daisy",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"doozy",
|
|
"doozie",
|
|
"doozer",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"hot stuff",
|
|
"humdinger",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"lollapalooza",
|
|
"lulu",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"pippin",
|
|
"ripper",
|
|
"ripsnorter",
|
|
"snorter",
|
|
"sockdolager",
|
|
"sockdologer",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"sweetheart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"crown jewel",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilapidates":{
|
|
"as in breaks down , degrades":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"molders",
|
|
"putrefies",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"sours",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"atrophies",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"devolves",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"retrogrades",
|
|
"rots",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilating":{
|
|
"as in ballooning , turgescent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"turgescent",
|
|
"ventricose",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"protuberant",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"blown",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"overinflated",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"tumescent",
|
|
"tumid",
|
|
"turgid",
|
|
"varicose",
|
|
"varicosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"detumescent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in inflating , distending":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"hyping",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stoking",
|
|
"supersizing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"bumping (up)",
|
|
"ratcheting (up)",
|
|
"racheting (up)",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"fleshing (out)",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"maximizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"minifying",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subtracting (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilates":{
|
|
"as in inflates , distends":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stokes",
|
|
"supersizes",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"ups",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"bumps (up)",
|
|
"ratchets (up)",
|
|
"rachets (up)",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"maximizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"minifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subtracts (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dillydally":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't dillydally on the way to the store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"lollygag",
|
|
"lallygag",
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)",
|
|
"filibuster",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"temporize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"footle",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"kick back",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"veg out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"piddle",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"estivate",
|
|
"aestivate",
|
|
"hibernate",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"mosey",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"swan",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malinger",
|
|
"truant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilapidations":{
|
|
"the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sad dilapidation of the old downtown movie theater has finally prompted local preservationists to mount a restoration campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"disrepairs",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inattentions",
|
|
"negligences",
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"desertions",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"decrepitudes",
|
|
"derelictions",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"preservations",
|
|
"upkeeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repair"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilettante":{
|
|
"lacking or showing a lack of expert skill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many dilettante efforts could be seen at the sidewalk art show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"dilettantish",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curbstone",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"uninitiated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"entry-level",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"would-be",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"ambidextrous",
|
|
"versatile",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuosic",
|
|
"virtuoso"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dilettante at heart, she was never willing to commit the time and effort that ballet demands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"hobbyist",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"nonexpert",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"potterer",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"tinkerer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all-rounder",
|
|
"generalist",
|
|
"general practitioner",
|
|
"jack-of-all-trades",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"specialist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person having a knowledgeable and fine appreciation of the arts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she writes about art not from the point of view of an artist but from that of a committed dilettante"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"reviewer",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"collector",
|
|
"specialist",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"groundling",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"materialist",
|
|
"philistine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilemmas":{
|
|
"a situation in which one has to choose between two or more equally unsatisfactory choices":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"faced with a dilemma of whether to risk continuing to drive in the dangerous storm or to give up searching for the lost dog and hope he survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"double binds",
|
|
"quandaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standoffs",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"spots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with home prices in a free fall, sellers were in a terrible dilemma"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"rabbit holes",
|
|
"rattraps",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sticky wickets",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"nodes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"soups",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"straits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diligent":{
|
|
"involved in often constant activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a student who has been unceasingly diligent in pursuit of a degree in mathematics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"sedulous",
|
|
"tied-up",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knee-deep",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"hardworking",
|
|
"indefatigable",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"untiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"free",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"nonoperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"unbusy",
|
|
"unemployed",
|
|
"unoccupied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilettantism":{
|
|
"a lack of the level of skill associated with an expert or professional":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no charge of dilettantism could ever be leveled at English physicist Henry Cavendish, whose immense wealth allowed him to devote his life to scientific pursuits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishness",
|
|
"amateurism",
|
|
"inexpertness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"unpreparedness",
|
|
"clumsiness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"ham-handedness",
|
|
"heavy-handedness",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inaptitude",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency",
|
|
"unskillfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"adeptness",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"skillfulness",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"virtuosity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"expertness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"masterliness",
|
|
"professionalism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilate (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to dilate upon his alleged plan for improving the economy in the event that he won the election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"elaborate (on)",
|
|
"enlarge (on or upon)",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"flesh (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"expatiate",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"run on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilettantes":{
|
|
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dilettante at heart, she was never willing to commit the time and effort that ballet demands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"hobbyists",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"nonexperts",
|
|
"nonprofessionals",
|
|
"potterers",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"tinkerers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all-rounders",
|
|
"generalists",
|
|
"general practitioners",
|
|
"jacks-of-all-trades",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"specialists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person having a knowledgeable and fine appreciation of the arts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she writes about art not from the point of view of an artist but from that of a committed dilettante"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cognoscenti",
|
|
"connoisseurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"reviewers",
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"collectors",
|
|
"specialists",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"groundlings",
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"materialists",
|
|
"philistines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilatations":{
|
|
"as in swellings , bumps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"gibbosities",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"knurls",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"obtrusions",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"swellings",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"convexities",
|
|
"juts",
|
|
"overhangs",
|
|
"projections",
|
|
"protrusions",
|
|
"protuberances",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"escalations",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"mounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cavities",
|
|
"concaves",
|
|
"concavities",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"indentations",
|
|
"indents",
|
|
"indentures",
|
|
"pits",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"trenches",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"dimples",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"pockets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilapidate":{
|
|
"as in break down , degrade":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"atrophy",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"devolve",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dillies":{
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"came up with a dilly of an idea to get the fledgling company off the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"beauts",
|
|
"bee's knees",
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"daisies",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"doozies",
|
|
"doozers",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"hot stuff",
|
|
"humdingers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"lollapaloozas",
|
|
"lulus",
|
|
"nifties",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"pippins",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"rippers",
|
|
"ripsnorters",
|
|
"snorters",
|
|
"sockdolagers",
|
|
"sockdologers",
|
|
"standouts",
|
|
"sweethearts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"prodigies",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"crown jewels",
|
|
"diamonds",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"imperials",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"pearls",
|
|
"plums",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"letdowns",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"turkeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilated (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"elaborated (on)",
|
|
"enlarged (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"fleshed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"discoursed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"ran on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"shortened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"dillydallying":{
|
|
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dillydallying congress hadn't passed any legislation, and the term was almost over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
|
"snaillike",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"heavy-footed",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slow-footed",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"meteoric",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"warp-speed",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't dillydally on the way to the store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"lollygagging",
|
|
"lallygagging",
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"tarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"temporizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"kicking back",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"lazying",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"vegging out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"estivating",
|
|
"aestivating",
|
|
"hibernating",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"moseying",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"swanning",
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"malingering",
|
|
"truanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"putting out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilettantish":{
|
|
"lacking or showing a lack of expert skill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"independently wealthy, he can afford to pursue a dilettantish interest in sculpture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curbstone",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"uninitiated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"entry-level",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"would-be",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"ambidextrous",
|
|
"versatile",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuosic",
|
|
"virtuoso"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilutes":{
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pharmacist was convicted of diluting prescription drugs in order to increase profits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterates",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"sophisticates",
|
|
"thins",
|
|
"waters down",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"envenoms",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"infects",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"tampers (with)",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"attenuates",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"tempers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilizes",
|
|
"lards",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"distills",
|
|
"distils",
|
|
"filters",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"leaches",
|
|
"pasteurizes",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"condenses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"richens",
|
|
"strengthens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"diligences":{
|
|
"attentive and persistent effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"through the diligence and ingenuity of a single detective, the gang's ringleader was finally caught"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assiduity",
|
|
"assiduousness",
|
|
"industriousness",
|
|
"industry",
|
|
"sedulity",
|
|
"sedulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"application",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"tirelessness",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"effortfulness",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"slackness",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilapidated":{
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dilapidated car that had seen better days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in broke down , degraded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"moldered",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"atrophied",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"devolved",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"retrograded",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilapidation":{
|
|
"the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sad dilapidation of the old downtown movie theater has finally prompted local preservationists to mount a restoration campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"disrepair",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"seediness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dumpiness",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"upkeep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dilatorily":{
|
|
"as in slowly , pokily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"pokily",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"anon",
|
|
"eventually",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"latterly",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"thereafter",
|
|
"belatedly",
|
|
"delinquently",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beforehand",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"inopportunely",
|
|
"precociously",
|
|
"prematurely",
|
|
"unseasonably",
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"punctually",
|
|
"pronto",
|
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"quickly",
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"rapidly",
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"snappily",
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"speedily",
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"swiftly"
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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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} |