dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/shr_MWT.json
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{
"shrills":{
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
"examples":[
"the mud-splattered bystanders were shrilling with outrage at the inconsiderate motorist"
],
"synonyms":[
"howls",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"squeals",
"yells",
"yelps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bays",
"caterwauls",
"keens",
"squawks",
"wails",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls",
"bawls",
"calls",
"cries",
"hollers",
"shouts",
"thunders",
"vociferates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"whispers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in screams , shrieks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"yelps",
"ejaculations",
"interjections",
"bawls",
"bellows",
"clamors",
"outcries",
"roars",
"cries",
"hollers",
"hoots",
"howls",
"shouts",
"whoops",
"yells",
"yowls",
"caterwauls",
"plaints",
"wails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"gasps",
"whimpers",
"whispers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrimper":{
"as in trawler , lugger":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banker",
"coble",
"dragger",
"gillnetter",
"hooker",
"lugger",
"scalloper",
"seiner",
"trawler",
"whaleboat",
"whaler",
"workboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi",
"cockleshell",
"tub",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"airboat",
"air-cushion vehicle",
"hovercraft",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"hydrofoil",
"hydroplane",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"assault boat",
"PT boat",
"torpedo boat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shrimpy":{
"of a size that is less than average":{
"examples":[
"a couple of shrimpy bushes in the front are the house's only landscaping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dwarf",
"toy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"shrinkages":{
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
"examples":[
"she knew that her diet was working by the striking shrinkage of her waist"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"dents",
"depletions",
"depressions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"step-downs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deductions",
"subtractions",
"downturns",
"slips",
"slumps",
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"cuts",
"retrenchments",
"shortenings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretions",
"accruals",
"accumulations",
"additions",
"supplements",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"upswings",
"uptrends",
"upturns"
],
"antonyms":[
"boosts",
"enlargements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"upticks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shrivel":{
"to become small and wrinkly usually as a result of dehydration":{
"examples":[
"Without irrigation, these plants would shrivel (up) and die."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"wilt",
"wither",
"dry up",
"mummify",
"wizen",
"dehumidify",
"drain",
"evaporate",
"air-dry",
"bake",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear",
"collapse",
"deflate",
"flatten",
"abate",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"decline",
"fade",
"wane",
"recede",
"retreat",
"withdraw",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"shrink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freshen",
"revive",
"bloom",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"accumulate",
"grow",
"increase",
"balloon",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"expand",
"snowball",
"swell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shriveled":{
"as in withered , wizened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"withered",
"wizened",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"gaunt",
"haggard",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"bony",
"boney",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"sinewy",
"skinny",
"spare",
"thin",
"starved",
"underfed",
"undernourished",
"famished",
"hungry",
"starving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"brawny",
"burly",
"fit",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"husky",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"heavyset",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"stocky",
"thickset",
"tubby",
"flabby",
"soft"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become small and wrinkly usually as a result of dehydration":{
"examples":[
"Without irrigation, these plants would shrivel (up) and die."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"wilted",
"withered",
"dried up",
"mummified",
"wizened",
"dehumidified",
"drained",
"evaporated",
"air-dried",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared",
"collapsed",
"deflated",
"flattened",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"declined",
"faded",
"waned",
"receded",
"retreated",
"withdrew",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freshened",
"revived",
"bloomed",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"accumulated",
"grew",
"increased",
"ballooned",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)",
"expanded",
"snowballed",
"swelled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"shrivels":{
"to become small and wrinkly usually as a result of dehydration":{
"examples":[
"Without irrigation, these plants would shrivel (up) and die."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"wilts",
"withers",
"dries up",
"mummifies",
"wizens",
"dehumidifies",
"drains",
"evaporates",
"air-dries",
"bakes",
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears",
"collapses",
"deflates",
"flattens",
"abates",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"declines",
"fades",
"wanes",
"recedes",
"retreats",
"withdraws",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"shrinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freshens",
"revives",
"blooms",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"accumulates",
"grows",
"increases",
"balloons",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"expands",
"snowballs",
"swells"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shriven":{
"as in remitted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"remitted",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"condoned",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"ignored",
"passed over",
"shrugged off",
"forgiven",
"pardoned",
"discharged",
"liberated",
"redeemed",
"released",
"unburdened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resented",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"disliked",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"avenged",
"redressed",
"requited",
"retaliated",
"revenged",
"disciplined",
"penalized",
"punished"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shroud":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"the truth of the affair will always be hidden under a shroud of secrecy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"cloak",
"cope",
"cover",
"cover-up",
"covering",
"coverture",
"curtain",
"hood",
"mantle",
"mask",
"pall",
"penumbra",
"robe",
"veil",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blind",
"concealer",
"screen",
"shield",
"fig leaf",
"Potemkin village",
"Trojan horse",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"veneer",
"gloss",
"varnish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"shrouded the fact that the child had been adopted"
],
"synonyms":[
"belie",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"obscure",
"occult",
"paper over",
"screen",
"suppress",
"veil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bury",
"camouflage",
"cover (up)",
"smother",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"block",
"cloud",
"darken",
"eclipse",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bring out",
"present",
"clarify",
"illuminate",
"advertise",
"air",
"broadcast",
"get out",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"publish",
"spread"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"display",
"divulge",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"the smog shrouded our aerial view of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"blacken",
"blear",
"blur",
"cloud",
"darken",
"dim",
"dislimn",
"fog",
"fuzz (up)",
"haze",
"mist",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overcloud",
"overshadow",
"shadow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrate",
"blot out",
"conceal",
"eclipse",
"hide",
"obliterate",
"screen",
"shade",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"mask",
"veil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expose",
"reveal",
"uncover",
"unveil"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"light (up)",
"lighten"
]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"during rainy season the summit of the mountain is shrouded in mist"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtain",
"drape",
"embed",
"imbed",
"encase",
"swaddle",
"blanket",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"mask",
"circle",
"encircle",
"enlace",
"enwind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrouds":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"the truth of the affair will always be hidden under a shroud of secrecy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"cloaks",
"copes",
"coverings",
"covers",
"covertures",
"cover-ups",
"curtains",
"hoods",
"mantles",
"masks",
"palls",
"penumbrae",
"penumbras",
"robes",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blinds",
"concealers",
"screens",
"shields",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"Potemkin villages",
"Trojan horses",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"veneers",
"glosses",
"varnishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"shrouded the fact that the child had been adopted"
],
"synonyms":[
"belies",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"obscures",
"occults",
"papers over",
"screens",
"suppresses",
"veils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buries",
"camouflages",
"covers (up)",
"smothers",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blocks",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brings out",
"presents",
"clarifies",
"illuminates",
"advertises",
"airs",
"broadcasts",
"gets out",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"spreads"
],
"antonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"displays",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"the smog shrouded our aerial view of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blackens",
"blears",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"dims",
"dislimns",
"fogs",
"fuzzes (up)",
"hazes",
"mists",
"obscures",
"overcasts",
"overclouds",
"overshadows",
"shadows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrates",
"blots out",
"conceals",
"eclipses",
"hides",
"obliterates",
"screens",
"shades",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"masks",
"veils"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposes",
"reveals",
"uncovers",
"unveils"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"lightens",
"lights (up)"
]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"during rainy season the summit of the mountain is shrouded in mist"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoms",
"bowers",
"circumfuses",
"cocoons",
"embosoms",
"embowers",
"embraces",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"invests",
"involves",
"laps",
"mantles",
"muffles",
"swathes",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtains",
"drapes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"encases",
"swaddles",
"blankets",
"overlays",
"overspreads",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"disguises",
"masks",
"circles",
"encircles",
"enlaces",
"enwinds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"strips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrunk":{
"to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter":{
"examples":[
"the sweater will shrink a little when washed"
],
"synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsed",
"deflated",
"flattened",
"dried up",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"wilted",
"withered",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"retreated",
"withdrawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"grown",
"increased",
"ballooned",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"ballooned",
"expanded",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"swollen"
]
},
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"shrinking back from the approaching flames"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenched",
"cringed",
"flinched",
"quailed",
"recoiled",
"squinched",
"winced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanched",
"paled",
"whitened",
"quaked",
"quivered",
"shaken",
"shuddered",
"trembled",
"crouched",
"jerked",
"started",
"twitched",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrawn",
"faltered",
"hesitated",
"reeled",
"wavered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"approached",
"neared",
"bearded",
"challenged",
"confronted",
"defied",
"faced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"his crush on her is likely to shrink after they start their new lives on different college campuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fallen",
"fallen away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"given out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"blown up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grown",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"risen",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"swollen",
"waxed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shred":{
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"the vandals showed not a shred of decency"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"smithereens",
"splinter",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"shredded some cooked chicken for the soup"
],
"synonyms":[
"rend",
"ribbon",
"rip",
"rive",
"tatter",
"tear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"cleave",
"rupture",
"split",
"cut",
"gash",
"incise",
"lacerate",
"slash",
"butcher",
"dismember",
"dissect",
"hack",
"mangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shriving":{
"as in forgiving , pardoning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"reclaiming",
"reforming",
"blessing",
"hallowing",
"delivering",
"redeeming",
"saving",
"consecrating",
"purifying",
"sanctifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrieking":{
"having a high musical pitch or range":{
"examples":[
"shrieking horns of impatient drivers stuck in a traffic jam"
],
"synonyms":[
"high-pitched",
"piping",
"screeching",
"shrill",
"squeaking",
"squeaky",
"treble",
"whistling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peeping",
"thin",
"tinny",
"earsplitting",
"nasal",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"strident",
"squealing",
"whining",
"whiny",
"whiney",
"yapping",
"yelping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rough",
"smoky",
"smokey"
],
"antonyms":[
"bass",
"deep",
"grave",
"low",
"throaty"
]
},
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
"examples":[
"the children shrieked with excitement"
],
"synonyms":[
"howling",
"screaming",
"screeching",
"shrilling",
"squalling",
"squealing",
"yelling",
"yelping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baying",
"caterwauling",
"keening",
"squawking",
"wailing",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling",
"bawling",
"calling",
"crying",
"hollering",
"shouting",
"thundering",
"vociferating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"whispering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"shrewdness":{
"exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{
"examples":[
"a woman with the thick-skinned shrewdness to survive in a tough business"
],
"synonyms":[
"acumen",
"astuteness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"clear-sightedness",
"foxiness",
"hardheadedness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"knowingness",
"sharpness",
"wit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"perceptiveness",
"perceptivity",
"percipience",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"guile",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness",
"brain(s)",
"gray matter",
"intellect",
"reason",
"sense"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"brainlessness",
"density",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"half-wittedness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"witlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shrillness":{
"as in severity , vitriol":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"acerbity",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shredded":{
"as in lacerate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lacerate",
"lacerated",
"dingy",
"faded",
"holey",
"patchy",
"dowdy",
"scruffy",
"tatterdemalion",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"moth-eaten",
"run-down",
"scuzzy",
"tacky",
"frayed",
"ragged",
"raggedy",
"ratty",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tattered",
"threadbare",
"worn-out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"new",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"unused"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"shredded some cooked chicken for the soup"
],
"synonyms":[
"rent",
"rended",
"ribboned",
"ripped",
"rived",
"tattered",
"tore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"ruptured",
"split",
"cut",
"gashed",
"incised",
"lacerated",
"slashed",
"butchered",
"dismembered",
"dissected",
"hacked",
"mangled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"shrines":{
"a place that is considered sacred (as within a religion)":{
"examples":[
"for centuries pilgrims have traveled to the shrine of Saint Thomas \u00e0 Becket in Canterbury, England"
],
"synonyms":[
"sanctuaries",
"sanctums",
"sancta"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reliquaries",
"martyries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shrugs":{
"as in waves , flourishes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beckons",
"becks",
"flourishes",
"waves",
"gesticulations",
"gestures",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"signals",
"signs",
"body languages",
"postures",
"indications",
"motions",
"sign languages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in flourishes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flourishes",
"acquaints",
"advises",
"informs",
"relates",
"tells",
"signalizes",
"gesticulates",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"signs",
"nods",
"beckons",
"flags",
"gestures",
"motions",
"signals",
"waves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrugged":{
"as in flourished":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flourished",
"acquainted",
"advised",
"informed",
"related",
"told",
"signalized",
"gesticulated",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"signed",
"nodded",
"beckoned",
"flagged",
"gestured",
"motioned",
"signaled",
"signalled",
"waved"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrivelled":{
"as in withered , wizened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"withered",
"wizened",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"gaunt",
"haggard",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"bony",
"boney",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"sinewy",
"skinny",
"spare",
"thin",
"starved",
"underfed",
"undernourished",
"famished",
"hungry",
"starving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"brawny",
"burly",
"fit",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"husky",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"heavyset",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"stocky",
"thickset",
"tubby",
"flabby",
"soft"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become small and wrinkly usually as a result of dehydration":{
"examples":[
"Without irrigation, these plants would shrivel (up) and die."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"wilted",
"withered",
"dried up",
"mummified",
"wizened",
"dehumidified",
"drained",
"evaporated",
"air-dried",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared",
"collapsed",
"deflated",
"flattened",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"declined",
"faded",
"waned",
"receded",
"retreated",
"withdrew",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freshened",
"revived",
"bloomed",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"accumulated",
"grew",
"increased",
"ballooned",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)",
"expanded",
"snowballed",
"swelled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"shrugging off":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"an administration that was willing to shrug off the problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking (at)",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"papering over",
"pardoning",
"passing over",
"remitting",
"whitewashing",
"winking (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"waiving",
"waving (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"noting",
"objecting (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"she shrugged off her coat and hung it up neatly"
],
"synonyms":[
"doffing",
"dousing",
"peeling (off)",
"putting off",
"removing",
"taking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husking",
"shedding",
"kicking (off)",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"undressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wearing",
"appareling",
"apparelling",
"arraying",
"attiring",
"bedecking",
"clothing",
"dressing",
"garbing",
"rigging",
"robing",
"suiting"
],
"antonyms":[
"donning",
"putting on",
"slipping (into)",
"throwing (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shreds":{
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"the vandals showed not a shred of decency"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"skoshes",
"smacks",
"smells",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"soup\u00e7ons",
"sparks",
"spatters",
"specks",
"splashes",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"minima",
"minimums",
"minims",
"modicums",
"semblances",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"vestiges",
"whits",
"atoms",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps",
"dashes",
"drops",
"pinches",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"bites",
"nibbles",
"tastes",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"doses",
"shots",
"chips",
"flakes",
"fragments",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"smithereens",
"splinters",
"tatters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"deals",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenties",
"potfuls",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths",
"volumes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"chunks",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"shredded some cooked chicken for the soup"
],
"synonyms":[
"rends",
"ribbons",
"rips",
"rives",
"tatters",
"tears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks",
"cleaves",
"ruptures",
"splits",
"cuts",
"gashes",
"incises",
"lacerates",
"slashes",
"butchers",
"dismembers",
"dissects",
"hacks",
"mangles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrill":{
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
"examples":[
"the mud-splattered bystanders were shrilling with outrage at the inconsiderate motorist"
],
"synonyms":[
"howl",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"squall",
"squeal",
"yell",
"yelp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bay",
"caterwaul",
"keen",
"squawk",
"wail",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"bawl",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"shout",
"thunder",
"vociferate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"murmur",
"mutter",
"whisper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having a high musical pitch or range":{
"examples":[
"the shrill sound of a policeman's whistle"
],
"synonyms":[
"high-pitched",
"piping",
"screeching",
"shrieking",
"squeaking",
"squeaky",
"treble",
"whistling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peeping",
"thin",
"tinny",
"earsplitting",
"nasal",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"strident",
"squealing",
"whining",
"whiny",
"whiney",
"yapping",
"yelping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rough",
"smoky",
"smokey"
],
"antonyms":[
"bass",
"deep",
"grave",
"low",
"throaty"
]
},
"as in scream , shriek":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"squall",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"yelp",
"ejaculation",
"interjection",
"bawl",
"bellow",
"clamor",
"outcry",
"roar",
"cry",
"holler",
"hoot",
"howl",
"shout",
"whoop",
"yell",
"yowl",
"caterwaul",
"plaint",
"wail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"gasp",
"whimper",
"whisper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrouding":{
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"shrouded the fact that the child had been adopted"
],
"synonyms":[
"belying",
"blanketing",
"blotting out",
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"disguising",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"obscuring",
"occulting",
"papering over",
"screening",
"suppressing",
"veiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burying",
"camouflaging",
"covering (up)",
"smothering",
"gilding",
"glossing (over)",
"varnishing",
"whitewashing",
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"blocking",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"eclipsing",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"overcasting",
"overshadowing",
"shading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bringing out",
"presenting",
"clarifying",
"illuminating",
"advertising",
"airing",
"broadcasting",
"getting out",
"proclaiming",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"spreading"
],
"antonyms":[
"baring",
"disclosing",
"displaying",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"unveiling"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"the smog shrouded our aerial view of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"blackening",
"blearing",
"blurring",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"dimming",
"dislimning",
"fogging",
"fuzzing (up)",
"hazing",
"misting",
"obscuring",
"overcasting",
"overclouding",
"overshadowing",
"shadowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrating",
"blotting out",
"concealing",
"eclipsing",
"hiding",
"obliterating",
"screening",
"shading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"disguising",
"masking",
"veiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposing",
"revealing",
"uncovering",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"illuminating",
"illumining",
"lightening",
"lighting (up)"
]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"during rainy season the summit of the mountain is shrouded in mist"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoming",
"bowering",
"circumfusing",
"cocooning",
"embosoming",
"embowering",
"embracing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enshrouding",
"enswathing",
"enveloping",
"enwrapping",
"investing",
"involving",
"lapping",
"mantling",
"muffling",
"swathing",
"veiling",
"wrapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining",
"draping",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"encasing",
"swaddling",
"blanketing",
"overlaying",
"overspreading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"disguising",
"masking",
"circling",
"encircling",
"enlacing",
"enwinding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrew":{
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
"examples":[
"Rip Van Winkle went off into the mountains to escape his wife, a shrew who made his life miserable"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle-ax",
"battle-axe",
"dragon lady",
"fury",
"harpy",
"harridan",
"termagant",
"virago",
"vixen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fishwife",
"gorgon",
"carper",
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"faultfinder",
"nitpicker",
"railer",
"scold",
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shrine":{
"a place that is considered sacred (as within a religion)":{
"examples":[
"for centuries pilgrims have traveled to the shrine of Saint Thomas \u00e0 Becket in Canterbury, England"
],
"synonyms":[
"sanctuary",
"sanctum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reliquary",
"martyry"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shrivelling":{
"as in waning , withering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ebbing",
"fading",
"waning",
"wilting",
"withering",
"decadence",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"decline",
"declining",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dying",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiring",
"expiry",
"perishing",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"development",
"growth",
"maturation",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"mellowing",
"softening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become small and wrinkly usually as a result of dehydration":{
"examples":[
"Without irrigation, these plants would shrivel (up) and die."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"wilting",
"withering",
"drying up",
"mummifying",
"wizening",
"dehumidifying",
"draining",
"evaporating",
"air-drying",
"baking",
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing",
"collapsing",
"deflating",
"flattening",
"abating",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"declining",
"fading",
"waning",
"receding",
"retreating",
"withdrawing",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"shrinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freshening",
"reviving",
"blooming",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"accumulating",
"growing",
"increasing",
"ballooning",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"expanding",
"snowballing",
"swelling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrugs off":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"an administration that was willing to shrug off the problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks (at)",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"condones",
"discounts",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"papers over",
"pardons",
"passes over",
"remits",
"whitewashes",
"winks (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates",
"waives",
"waves (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"notes",
"objects (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"she shrugged off her coat and hung it up neatly"
],
"synonyms":[
"doffs",
"douses",
"peels (off)",
"puts off",
"removes",
"takes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husks",
"sheds",
"kicks (off)",
"disrobes",
"strips",
"undresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wears",
"apparels",
"arrays",
"attires",
"bedecks",
"clothes",
"dresses",
"garbs",
"rigs",
"robes",
"suits"
],
"antonyms":[
"dons",
"puts on",
"slips (into)",
"throws (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrieked":{
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
"examples":[
"the children shrieked with excitement"
],
"synonyms":[
"howled",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrilled",
"squalled",
"squealed",
"yelled",
"yelped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bayed",
"caterwauled",
"keened",
"squawked",
"wailed",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled",
"bawled",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"shouted",
"thundered",
"vociferated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrink":{
"to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter":{
"examples":[
"the sweater will shrink a little when washed"
],
"synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapse",
"deflate",
"flatten",
"dry up",
"shrivel",
"wilt",
"wither",
"abate",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"grow",
"increase",
"balloon",
"inflate",
"puff (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"balloon",
"expand",
"snowball",
"swell"
]
},
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"shrinking back from the approaching flames"
],
"synonyms":[
"blench",
"cringe",
"flinch",
"quail",
"recoil",
"squinch",
"wince"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanch",
"pale",
"whiten",
"quake",
"quiver",
"shake",
"shudder",
"tremble",
"crouch",
"jerk",
"start",
"twitch",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw",
"falter",
"hesitate",
"reel",
"waver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"approach",
"near",
"beard",
"challenge",
"confront",
"defy",
"face"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"his crush on her is likely to shrink after they start their new lives on different college campuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"die (away or down or out)",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"peter (out)",
"tail (off)",
"vanish",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrimpers":{
"as in trawlers , luggers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bankers",
"cobles",
"draggers",
"gillnetters",
"hookers",
"luggers",
"scallopers",
"seiners",
"trawlers",
"whaleboats",
"whalers",
"workboats",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis",
"cockleshells",
"tubs",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"airboats",
"air-cushion vehicles",
"hovercrafts",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"hydrofoils",
"hydroplanes",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls",
"assault boats",
"PT boats",
"torpedo boats",
"houseboats",
"riverboats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shrive":{
"as in forgive , pardon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit",
"reclaim",
"reform",
"bless",
"hallow",
"deliver",
"redeem",
"save",
"consecrate",
"purify",
"sanctify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrugging":{
"as in flourishing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flourishing",
"acquainting",
"advising",
"informing",
"relating",
"telling",
"signalizing",
"gesticulating",
"miming",
"pantomiming",
"signing",
"nodding",
"beckoning",
"flagging",
"gesturing",
"motioning",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"waving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrieks":{
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
"examples":[
"the children shrieked with excitement"
],
"synonyms":[
"howls",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrills",
"squalls",
"squeals",
"yells",
"yelps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bays",
"caterwauls",
"keens",
"squawks",
"wails",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls",
"bawls",
"calls",
"cries",
"hollers",
"shouts",
"thunders",
"vociferates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"whispers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in screams , squeals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrills",
"squalls",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"yelps",
"ejaculations",
"interjections",
"bawls",
"bellows",
"clamors",
"outcries",
"roars",
"cries",
"hollers",
"hoots",
"howls",
"shouts",
"whoops",
"yells",
"yowls",
"caterwauls",
"plaints",
"wails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"gasps",
"whimpers",
"whispers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrewd":{
"having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment":{
"examples":[
"a shrewd used car dealer who knew how to make the best possible deal",
"shrewd investments that paid off big"
],
"synonyms":[
"astute",
"canny",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"hard-boiled",
"hardheaded",
"heady",
"knowing",
"savvy",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artful",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"pawky",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"wise",
"experienced",
"veteran",
"discriminating",
"discriminative",
"agile",
"alert",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted",
"apt",
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"calculating",
"scheming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"unperceptive",
"unwise",
"dense",
"dull",
"obtuse",
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"dim-witted",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dumb",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thickheaded",
"thick-witted",
"unintelligent",
"weak-minded",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"silly",
"thoughtless",
"witless",
"ignorant",
"uninformed"
],
"antonyms":[
"unknowing"
]
},
"causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{
"examples":[
"she pulled her coat tighter against the shrewd breeze whipping down the alley"
],
"synonyms":[
"biting",
"bitter",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"raw",
"sharp",
"smarting",
"stinging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"invigorating",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"needlelike",
"prickly",
"tingling",
"caustic",
"corrosive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balmy",
"gentle",
"mild",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
"examples":[
"a shrewd operator in the real estate game, she made every buyer think they were getting the deal of the century"
],
"synonyms":[
"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astute",
"facile",
"glib",
"sharp",
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"insinuating",
"knavish",
"Machiavellian",
"oblique",
"serpentine",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slippery",
"sneaky",
"treacherous",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"unscrupulous",
"backhanded",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth-tongued",
"two-faced",
"circuitous",
"circular",
"roundabout",
"clandestine",
"concealed",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"secret",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"calculating",
"plotting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obvious",
"open",
"patent",
"plain",
"public",
"unconcealed",
"aboveboard",
"candid",
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"honest",
"natural",
"outspoken",
"plainspoken",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"straightforward",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"unvarnished",
"childlike",
"impressionable",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"unforced",
"unstudied",
"trustful",
"trusting"
],
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"shredding":{
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"shredded some cooked chicken for the soup"
],
"synonyms":[
"rending",
"ribboning",
"ripping",
"riving",
"tattering",
"tearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking",
"cleaving",
"rupturing",
"splitting",
"cutting",
"gashing",
"incising",
"lacerating",
"slashing",
"butchering",
"dismembering",
"dissecting",
"hacking",
"mangling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrimps":{
"as in fishes , seals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clams",
"fishes",
"seals",
"whales",
"gathers",
"harvests",
"picks",
"reaps",
"accumulates",
"forages",
"garners",
"gleans",
"cuts",
"hays",
"mows",
"bags",
"captures",
"hunts",
"nets",
"snares",
"traps",
"crops",
"grows",
"raises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plants",
"seeds",
"sows"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrimp":{
"a living thing much smaller than others of its kind":{
"examples":[
"the boy was just a shrimp until his teens, when he had a growth spurt"
],
"synonyms":[
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"midget",
"mite",
"peewee",
"pygmy",
"pigmy",
"runt",
"scrub",
"Tom Thumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nubbin",
"mini",
"miniature",
"bantam",
"homunculus",
"hop-o'-my-thumb",
"manikin",
"mannikin",
"half-pint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"whale",
"whopper"
],
"antonyms":[
"behemoth",
"colossus",
"giant",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monster",
"titan"
]
},
"a person of no importance or influence":{
"examples":[
"you have no business telling me what to do, you little shrimp !"
],
"synonyms":[
"cipher",
"dwarf",
"half-pint",
"insect",
"insignificancy",
"lightweight",
"morsel",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"nullity",
"number",
"pip-squeak",
"pygmy",
"pigmy",
"snippersnapper",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
],
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"no-name",
"noncelebrity",
"least",
"inferior",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity",
"figurehead",
"puppet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chief",
"head",
"lead",
"leader",
"celebrity",
"luminary",
"notable",
"personality",
"planet",
"star",
"superstar",
"authority",
"superior",
"great power",
"party",
"power"
],
"antonyms":[
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"bigwig",
"eminence",
"figure",
"kahuna",
"kingpin",
"magnate",
"nabob",
"personage",
"somebody",
"VIP"
]
},
"as in fish , seal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clam",
"fish",
"seal",
"whale",
"gather",
"harvest",
"pick",
"reap",
"accumulate",
"forage",
"garner",
"glean",
"cut",
"hay",
"mow",
"bag",
"capture",
"hunt",
"net",
"snare",
"trap",
"crop",
"grow",
"raise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plant",
"seed",
"sow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrived":{
"as in forgave , pardoned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forgave",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"reclaimed",
"reformed",
"blessed",
"blest",
"hallowed",
"delivered",
"redeemed",
"saved",
"consecrated",
"purified",
"sanctified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrives":{
"as in forgives , pardons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"forgives",
"pardons",
"remits",
"reclaims",
"reforms",
"blesses",
"hallows",
"delivers",
"redeems",
"saves",
"consecrates",
"purifies",
"sanctifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrews":{
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
"examples":[
"Rip Van Winkle went off into the mountains to escape his wife, a shrew who made his life miserable"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle-axes",
"dragon ladies",
"furies",
"harpies",
"harridans",
"termagants",
"viragoes",
"viragos",
"vixens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fishwifes",
"fishwives",
"gorgons",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"critics",
"faultfinders",
"nitpickers",
"railers",
"scolds",
"belittlers",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shrinking violet":{
"a shy or reserved person":{
"examples":[
"a reality show that wants shameless exhibitionists, not shrinking violets"
],
"synonyms":[
"introvert",
"wallflower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouse",
"cold fish",
"iceberg",
"icicle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"extrovert",
"extravert"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shriek":{
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
"examples":[
"the children shrieked with excitement"
],
"synonyms":[
"howl",
"scream",
"screech",
"shrill",
"squall",
"squeal",
"yell",
"yelp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bay",
"caterwaul",
"keen",
"squawk",
"wail",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"bawl",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"shout",
"thunder",
"vociferate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"murmur",
"mutter",
"whisper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in scream , squeal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scream",
"screech",
"shrill",
"squall",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"yelp",
"ejaculation",
"interjection",
"bawl",
"bellow",
"clamor",
"outcry",
"roar",
"cry",
"holler",
"hoot",
"howl",
"shout",
"whoop",
"yell",
"yowl",
"caterwaul",
"plaint",
"wail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"gasp",
"whimper",
"whisper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrugged off":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"an administration that was willing to shrug off the problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked (at)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"forgave",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"papered over",
"pardoned",
"passed over",
"remitted",
"whitewashed",
"winked (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"she shrugged off her coat and hung it up neatly"
],
"synonyms":[
"doffed",
"doused",
"peeled (off)",
"put off",
"removed",
"took off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husked",
"shed",
"kicked (off)",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"undressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wore",
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"clothed",
"clad",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"rigged",
"robed",
"suited"
],
"antonyms":[
"donned",
"put on",
"slipped (into)",
"threw (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrove":{
"as in forgave , pardoned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forgave",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"reclaimed",
"reformed",
"blessed",
"blest",
"hallowed",
"delivered",
"redeemed",
"saved",
"consecrated",
"purified",
"sanctified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrinks":{
"to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter":{
"examples":[
"the sweater will shrink a little when washed"
],
"synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapses",
"deflates",
"flattens",
"dries up",
"shrivels",
"wilts",
"withers",
"abates",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"grows",
"increases",
"balloons",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"balloons",
"expands",
"snowballs",
"swells"
]
},
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"shrinking back from the approaching flames"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenches",
"cringes",
"flinches",
"quails",
"recoils",
"squinches",
"winces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanches",
"pales",
"whitens",
"quakes",
"quivers",
"shakes",
"shudders",
"trembles",
"crouches",
"jerks",
"starts",
"twitches",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws",
"falters",
"hesitates",
"reels",
"wavers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"approaches",
"nears",
"beards",
"challenges",
"confronts",
"defies",
"faces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"his crush on her is likely to shrink after they start their new lives on different college campuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrug off":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"an administration that was willing to shrug off the problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pardon",
"pass over",
"remit",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"she shrugged off her coat and hung it up neatly"
],
"synonyms":[
"doff",
"douse",
"peel (off)",
"put off",
"remove",
"take off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husk",
"shed",
"kick (off)",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"undress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wear",
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"clothe",
"dress",
"garb",
"rig",
"robe",
"suit"
],
"antonyms":[
"don",
"put on",
"slip (into)",
"throw (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrouded":{
"as in masked , cloaked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"muddy",
"obfuscatory",
"obnubilated",
"obscurant",
"obscurantic",
"shaded",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"sphinxlike",
"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"deep",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"occult",
"opaque",
"indefinite",
"inexact",
"inexplicit",
"noncommittal",
"questionable",
"uncertain",
"unclear",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"inexplicable",
"eerie",
"eery",
"uncanny",
"weird",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"unfathomable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"legible",
"pellucid",
"understandable",
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure",
"defined",
"determined",
"direct",
"straightforward",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"appreciable",
"palpable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"blatant",
"patent",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"shrouded the fact that the child had been adopted"
],
"synonyms":[
"belied",
"blanketed",
"blotted out",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"obscured",
"occulted",
"papered over",
"screened",
"suppressed",
"veiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buried",
"camouflaged",
"covered (up)",
"smothered",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blocked",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brought out",
"presented",
"clarified",
"illuminated",
"advertised",
"aired",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"got out",
"proclaimed",
"publicized",
"published",
"spread"
],
"antonyms":[
"bared",
"disclosed",
"displayed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"the smog shrouded our aerial view of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"bleared",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dislimned",
"fogged",
"fuzzed (up)",
"hazed",
"misted",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overclouded",
"overshadowed",
"shadowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrated",
"blotted out",
"concealed",
"eclipsed",
"hid",
"obliterated",
"screened",
"shaded",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"masked",
"veiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposed",
"revealed",
"uncovered",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lightened",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)"
]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"during rainy season the summit of the mountain is shrouded in mist"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosomed",
"bowered",
"circumfused",
"cocooned",
"embosomed",
"embowered",
"embraced",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"invested",
"involved",
"lapped",
"mantled",
"muffled",
"swathed",
"veiled",
"wrapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtained",
"draped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"encased",
"swaddled",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked",
"circled",
"encircled",
"enlaced",
"enwound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"shrimping":{
"as in fishing , sealing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clamming",
"fishing",
"sealing",
"whaling",
"gathering",
"harvesting",
"picking",
"reaping",
"accumulating",
"foraging",
"garnering",
"gleaning",
"cutting",
"haying",
"mowing",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"hunting",
"netting",
"snaring",
"trapping",
"cropping",
"growing",
"raising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"planting",
"seeding",
"sowing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrug":{
"as in wave , flourish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beck",
"beckon",
"flourish",
"wave",
"gesticulation",
"gesture",
"mime",
"pantomime",
"sign",
"signal",
"body language",
"posture",
"indication",
"motion",
"sign language"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in flourish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flourish",
"acquaint",
"advise",
"inform",
"relate",
"tell",
"signalize",
"gesticulate",
"mime",
"pantomime",
"sign",
"nod",
"beckon",
"flag",
"gesture",
"motion",
"signal",
"wave"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrinking":{
"as in shy , timid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chicken",
"fainthearted",
"fearsome",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"tremulant",
"tremulous",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"aghast",
"alarmed",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"horror-struck",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"scared",
"scary",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"agitated",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"funky",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"panicked",
"panicky",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"skittish",
"uneasy",
"upset",
"worried",
"phobic",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"startled",
"cowed",
"daunted",
"intimidated",
"unnerved",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"wary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fearless",
"unafraid",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daredevil",
"daring",
"dashing",
"gutsy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"gallant",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"assured",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"sanguine",
"sure",
"unperturbed",
"dauntless",
"resolute",
"undaunted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in revulsion , recoil":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flinch",
"recoil",
"revulsion",
"rout",
"disengagement",
"disentanglement",
"pullback",
"pullout",
"recession",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"withdrawal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in diminishing , lessening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"reducing",
"shortening",
"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"compression",
"condensation",
"contraction",
"curtailment",
"abruptness",
"brusqueness",
"curtness",
"brevity",
"briefness",
"conciseness",
"shortness",
"compendiousness",
"crispness",
"laconism",
"pithiness",
"succinctness",
"tautness",
"terseness",
"littleness",
"minuteness",
"smallness",
"tininess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lengthiness",
"extensiveness",
"elongating",
"elongation",
"extending",
"extension",
"prolongation",
"prolonging",
"protraction",
"stretching",
"expansion",
"growth",
"spread",
"diffuseness",
"garrulousness",
"long-windedness",
"prolixity",
"talkativeness",
"talkiness",
"verboseness",
"volubility",
"wordiness",
"bigness",
"bulkiness",
"greatness",
"heftiness",
"largeness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter":{
"examples":[
"the sweater will shrink a little when washed"
],
"synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsing",
"deflating",
"flattening",
"drying up",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"wilting",
"withering",
"abating",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"growing",
"increasing",
"ballooning",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"ballooning",
"expanding",
"snowballing",
"swelling"
]
},
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"shrinking back from the approaching flames"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenching",
"cringing",
"flinching",
"quailing",
"recoiling",
"squinching",
"wincing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanching",
"paling",
"whitening",
"quaking",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"crouching",
"jerking",
"starting",
"twitching",
"receding",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing",
"faltering",
"hesitating",
"reeling",
"wavering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancing",
"approaching",
"nearing",
"bearding",
"challenging",
"confronting",
"defying",
"facing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"his crush on her is likely to shrink after they start their new lives on different college campuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dwindling",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"falling away",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"ratcheting (down)",
"racheting (down)",
"receding",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrunken":{
"to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter":{
"examples":[
"the sweater will shrink a little when washed"
],
"synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsed",
"deflated",
"flattened",
"dried up",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"wilted",
"withered",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"retreated",
"withdrawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"grown",
"increased",
"ballooned",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"ballooned",
"expanded",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"swollen"
]
},
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"shrinking back from the approaching flames"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenched",
"cringed",
"flinched",
"quailed",
"recoiled",
"squinched",
"winced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanched",
"paled",
"whitened",
"quaked",
"quivered",
"shaken",
"shuddered",
"trembled",
"crouched",
"jerked",
"started",
"twitched",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrawn",
"faltered",
"hesitated",
"reeled",
"wavered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"approached",
"neared",
"bearded",
"challenged",
"confronted",
"defied",
"faced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"his crush on her is likely to shrink after they start their new lives on different college campuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fallen",
"fallen away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"given out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"blown up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grown",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"risen",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"swollen",
"waxed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shriveling":{
"as in waning , withering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ebbing",
"fading",
"waning",
"wilting",
"withering",
"decadence",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"decline",
"declining",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dying",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiring",
"expiry",
"perishing",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"development",
"growth",
"maturation",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"mellowing",
"softening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become small and wrinkly usually as a result of dehydration":{
"examples":[
"Without irrigation, these plants would shrivel (up) and die."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"wilting",
"withering",
"drying up",
"mummifying",
"wizening",
"dehumidifying",
"draining",
"evaporating",
"air-drying",
"baking",
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing",
"collapsing",
"deflating",
"flattening",
"abating",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"declining",
"fading",
"waning",
"receding",
"retreating",
"withdrawing",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"shrinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freshening",
"reviving",
"blooming",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"accumulating",
"growing",
"increasing",
"ballooning",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"expanding",
"snowballing",
"swelling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"shrimped":{
"as in fished , sealed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clammed",
"fished",
"sealed",
"whaled",
"gathered",
"harvested",
"picked",
"reaped",
"accumulated",
"foraged",
"garnered",
"gleaned",
"cut",
"hayed",
"mowed",
"bagged",
"captured",
"hunted",
"netted",
"snared",
"trapped",
"cropped",
"grew",
"raised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"planted",
"seeded",
"sowed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrinking violets":{
"a shy or reserved person":{
"examples":[
"a reality show that wants shameless exhibitionists, not shrinking violets"
],
"synonyms":[
"introverts",
"wallflowers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mice",
"cold fishes",
"icebergs",
"icicles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"extroverts",
"extraverts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shrinkage":{
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
"examples":[
"she knew that her diet was working by the striking shrinkage of her waist"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"dent",
"depletion",
"depression",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"loss",
"reduction",
"step-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction",
"downturn",
"slip",
"slump",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"supplement",
"continuation",
"extension",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn"
],
"antonyms":[
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"shrilled":{
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
"examples":[
"the mud-splattered bystanders were shrilling with outrage at the inconsiderate motorist"
],
"synonyms":[
"howled",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"squalled",
"squealed",
"yelled",
"yelped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bayed",
"caterwauled",
"keened",
"squawked",
"wailed",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled",
"bawled",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"shouted",
"thundered",
"vociferated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrank":{
"to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter":{
"examples":[
"the sweater will shrink a little when washed"
],
"synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsed",
"deflated",
"flattened",
"dried up",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"wilted",
"withered",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"grew",
"increased",
"ballooned",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"ballooned",
"expanded",
"snowballed",
"swelled"
]
},
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"shrinking back from the approaching flames"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenched",
"cringed",
"flinched",
"quailed",
"recoiled",
"squinched",
"winced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanched",
"paled",
"whitened",
"quaked",
"quivered",
"shook",
"shuddered",
"trembled",
"crouched",
"jerked",
"started",
"twitched",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew",
"faltered",
"hesitated",
"reeled",
"wavered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"approached",
"neared",
"bearded",
"challenged",
"confronted",
"defied",
"faced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"his crush on her is likely to shrink after they start their new lives on different college campuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"shrilling":{
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
"examples":[
"the mud-splattered bystanders were shrilling with outrage at the inconsiderate motorist"
],
"synonyms":[
"howling",
"screaming",
"screeching",
"shrieking",
"squalling",
"squealing",
"yelling",
"yelping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baying",
"caterwauling",
"keening",
"squawking",
"wailing",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling",
"bawling",
"calling",
"crying",
"hollering",
"shouting",
"thundering",
"vociferating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"whispering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}