dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/lof_MWT.json
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{
"lofted":{
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapulted",
"chucked",
"dashed",
"fired",
"flung",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hurled",
"hurtled",
"launched",
"lobbed",
"pegged",
"pelted",
"pitched",
"slung",
"threw",
"tossed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowled",
"darted",
"flipped",
"gunned",
"hooked",
"passed",
"rolled",
"shot",
"bucked",
"ejected",
"impelled",
"precipitated",
"projected",
"propelled",
"rifled",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"loftier":{
"as in higher , upper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"higher",
"upper",
"highest",
"loftiest",
"top",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"uppermost",
"consummate",
"maximal",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"peaked",
"supreme",
"utmost",
"uttermost",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"head",
"leading",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"principal",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"eminent",
"prominent",
"towering",
"elevated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"raised",
"uplifted",
"upraised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bottommost",
"lowermost",
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"rock-bottom",
"undermost",
"below",
"lower",
"nether",
"under",
"underneath",
"low",
"lowered",
"low-lying",
"sunken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"loftiness":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"we were offended by the new club member's air of loftiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lofts":{
"a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building":{
"examples":[
"the cottage has two bedrooms on the ground floor and a second-floor loft that could be converted into a third one"
],
"synonyms":[
"attics",
"cocklofts",
"garrets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haylofts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"catapults",
"chucks",
"dashes",
"fires",
"flings",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"hurtles",
"launches",
"lobs",
"pegs",
"pelts",
"pitches",
"slings",
"throws",
"tosses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowls",
"darts",
"flips",
"guns",
"hooks",
"passes",
"rolls",
"shoots",
"bucks",
"ejects",
"impels",
"precipitates",
"projects",
"propels",
"rifles",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"loftiest":{
"being at a point or level higher than all others":{
"examples":[
"from the loftiest part of the mountain ridge you could see all the way to the next state"
],
"synonyms":[
"highest",
"top",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"uppermost"
],
"near synonyms":[
"higher",
"loftier",
"upper",
"consummate",
"maximal",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"peaked",
"supreme",
"utmost",
"uttermost",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"head",
"leading",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"principal",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"eminent",
"prominent",
"towering",
"elevated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"raised",
"uplifted",
"upraised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"below",
"lower",
"nether",
"under",
"underneath",
"low",
"lowered",
"low-lying",
"sunken"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottommost",
"lowermost",
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"rock-bottom",
"undermost"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"loftily":{
"as in venerably":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"venerably",
"gallantly",
"grandly",
"greatheartedly",
"greatly",
"heroically",
"high-mindedly",
"honorably",
"magnanimously",
"nobly",
"magnificently",
"majestically",
"bravely",
"chivalrously",
"courageously",
"valiantly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basely",
"currishly",
"dishonorably",
"ignobly",
"abominably",
"contemptibly",
"despicably",
"detestably",
"hatefully",
"nastily",
"pitiably",
"sorrily",
"wretchedly",
"degenerately"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"lofting":{
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting",
"catapulting",
"chucking",
"dashing",
"firing",
"flinging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"hurtling",
"launching",
"lobbing",
"pegging",
"pelting",
"pitching",
"slinging",
"throwing",
"tossing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowling",
"darting",
"flipping",
"gunning",
"hooking",
"passing",
"rolling",
"shooting",
"bucking",
"ejecting",
"impelling",
"precipitating",
"projecting",
"propelling",
"rifling",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lofty":{
"extending to a great distance upward":{
"examples":[
"the ever-increasing lofty heights of the world's skyscrapers"
],
"synonyms":[
"altitudinous",
"high",
"tall",
"towering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dominant",
"dominating",
"eminent",
"prominent",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"raised",
"uplifted",
"upswept",
"high-rise",
"statuesque"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flat",
"stubby",
"stumpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"low",
"low-lying",
"short",
"squat"
]
},
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"she acts all lofty and superior just because she went to an Ivy League college"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"pontificating",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"self-flattering",
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself":{
"examples":[
"his lofty attitude toward menial chores really rankles the other camp counselors"
],
"synonyms":[
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"lordly",
"prideful",
"proud",
"superior"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"self-assertive",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-important",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"arrogant",
"pretentious",
"sniffy",
"snobbish",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"cavalier",
"overbearing",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"swaggering",
"high-sounding",
"pompous",
"condescending",
"patronizing",
"cocky",
"overconfident",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"bloated",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"self-glorifying",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brash",
"brassy",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"forward",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"confident",
"presuming",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"bossy",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"egocentric",
"self-centered",
"selfish",
"dominating",
"magisterial",
"masterful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demure",
"homely",
"meek",
"unassuming",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"ingratiating",
"resigned",
"submissive",
"unassertive",
"yielding",
"apologetic",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"shrinking",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"subdued",
"unobtrusive"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest"
]
},
"having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature":{
"examples":[
"remained true to the cause's lofty ideals, regardless of the changing winds of popular opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"chivalrous",
"elevated",
"gallant",
"great",
"greathearted",
"high",
"high-minded",
"lordly",
"magnanimous",
"natural",
"noble",
"sublime"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"glorified",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"honorable",
"valiant",
"venerable",
"worthy",
"knightly",
"princely",
"regal",
"inspiring",
"moving",
"numinous",
"uplifting",
"august",
"magnificent",
"majestic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sordid",
"squalid",
"vile",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"offensive",
"repulsive",
"ugly",
"vicious",
"dastardly",
"dirty",
"lousy",
"sorry",
"little",
"mean",
"narrow",
"small-minded",
"degrading",
"discreditable",
"humiliating",
"ignominious",
"coarse",
"crude",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"base",
"debased",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"ignoble",
"low"
]
},
"very dignified in form, tone, or style":{
"examples":[
"the lofty nature of the coronation ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"elevated",
"eloquent",
"formal",
"high-flown",
"majestic",
"stately",
"towering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"bombastic",
"declamatory",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiloquent",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"oratorical",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric",
"stilted",
"Attic",
"cultured",
"refined",
"classy",
"courtly",
"fine",
"graceful",
"tasteful",
"aristocratic",
"genteel",
"patrician",
"correct",
"educated",
"grammatical",
"proper",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"learned",
"literary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"colloquial",
"conversational",
"informal",
"nonformal",
"slangy",
"unbookish",
"unliterary",
"vernacular",
"coarse",
"common",
"crass",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"indecent",
"lowbred",
"lowbrow",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"tasteless",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"incorrect",
"substandard",
"uneducated",
"ungrammatical",
"unlearned"
],
"antonyms":[
"ineloquent",
"low",
"undignified"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"loft":{
"a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building":{
"examples":[
"the cottage has two bedrooms on the ground floor and a second-floor loft that could be converted into a third one"
],
"synonyms":[
"attic",
"cockloft",
"garret"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hayloft"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapult",
"chuck",
"dash",
"fire",
"fling",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"launch",
"lob",
"peg",
"pelt",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowl",
"dart",
"flip",
"gun",
"hook",
"pass",
"roll",
"shoot",
"buck",
"eject",
"impel",
"precipitate",
"project",
"propel",
"rifle",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}