4446 lines
90 KiB
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4446 lines
90 KiB
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{
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"temerity":{
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"shameless boldness":{
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"examples":[
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"she had the temerity to ask me if she could borrow some money even though she never repaid the last loan"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"audaciousness",
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"audacity",
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"brashness",
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"brass",
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"brassiness",
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"brazenness",
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"cheek",
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"cheekiness",
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"chutzpah",
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"chutzpa",
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"hutzpah",
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"hutzpa",
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"crust",
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"effrontery",
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"face",
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"gall",
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"nerve",
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"nerviness",
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"pertness",
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"presumption",
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"presumptuousness",
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"sauce",
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"sauciness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arrogance",
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"assurance",
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"cockiness",
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"confidence",
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"hardihood",
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"overconfidence",
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"sanguinity",
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"self-assurance",
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"self-confidence",
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"discourteousness",
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"disrespect",
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"impertinence",
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"impoliteness",
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"impudence",
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"incivility",
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"inconsiderateness",
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"inconsideration",
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"insolence",
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"rudeness",
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"ungraciousness",
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"back talk",
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"sass",
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"swagger",
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"swash"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bashfulness",
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"diffidence",
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"faintheartedness",
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"hesitancy",
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"modesty",
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"shyness",
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"timidity",
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"timidness",
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"timorousness",
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"civility",
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"courteousness",
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"courtesy",
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"gentility",
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"graciousness",
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"mannerliness",
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"manners"
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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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"tempera":{
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"as in drawing , sketch":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"distemper",
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"drawing",
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"etching",
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"finger painting",
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"pastel",
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"sketch",
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"acrylic",
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"aquarelle",
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"gouache",
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"watercolor",
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"masterpiece",
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"diptych",
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"triptych",
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"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
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"showpiece",
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"fresco",
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"mural",
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"panorama",
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"canvas",
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"canvass",
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"oil",
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"oil painting",
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"painting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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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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"temperance":{
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"an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits":{
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"examples":[
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"my father attributes his ripe old age to temperance in all things, especially eating and drinking"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"moderateness",
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"moderation",
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"temperateness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"constraint",
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"control",
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"discipline",
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"restraint",
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"self-control",
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"self-discipline",
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"middle-of-the-roadism",
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"asceticism",
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"austerity",
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"frugality",
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"mortification",
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"sacrifice",
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"self-command",
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"self-containment",
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"self-denial",
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"self-mastery",
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"abnegation",
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"abstention",
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"avoidance",
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"eschewal",
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"forbearance",
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"rationality",
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"rationalness",
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"reasonability",
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"reasonableness",
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"sensibility",
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"sensibleness",
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"abstinence",
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"soberness",
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"sobriety",
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"teetotalism"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"excess",
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"superfluity",
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"extremeness",
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"extremity",
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"unconstraint",
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"unrestraint",
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"extremism",
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"radicalness",
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"irrationality",
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"unreasonableness",
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"insobriety"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"excessiveness",
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"immoderacy",
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"immoderateness",
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"immoderation",
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"intemperance",
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"intemperateness"
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]
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},
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"voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
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"examples":[
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"practices a blue-blooded temperance that his parvenu neighbors will never understand"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abstinence",
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"continence",
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"self-abnegation",
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"self-denial",
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"sobriety"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"control",
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"forbearance",
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"restraint",
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"discipline",
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"self-command",
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"self-control",
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"self-discipline",
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"self-mastery",
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"asceticism",
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"austerity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"gluttony",
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"greed",
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"rapaciousness",
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"rapacity",
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"voraciousness",
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"voracity",
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"hedonism",
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"sensuality",
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"sybaritism"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"self-indulgence"
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]
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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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"tempt":{
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"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
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"examples":[
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"that chocolate dessert sure tempts me, but I should stick with my diet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"allure",
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"bait",
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"beguile",
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"betray",
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"decoy",
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"entice",
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"lead on",
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"lure",
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"seduce",
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"solicit"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"draw in",
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"inveigle",
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"persuade",
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"rope (in)",
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"snow",
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"catch",
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"enmesh",
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"immesh",
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"ensnare",
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"entrap",
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"mesh",
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"snare",
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"tangle",
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"trap",
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"bewitch",
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"captivate",
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"charm",
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"enchant",
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"fascinate",
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"magnetize",
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"wile"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alert",
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"caution",
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"forewarn",
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"ward (off)",
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"warn",
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"drive (away or off)",
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"repulse",
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"turn away"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to take a chance on":{
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"examples":[
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"refusing to lay in enough food for the long winter tempts the dangers of starvation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adventure",
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"chance",
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"gamble (on)",
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"hazard",
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"risk",
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"venture"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beard",
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"brave",
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"brazen",
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"breast",
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"challenge",
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"confront",
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"dare",
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"defy",
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"face",
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"outbrave",
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"compromise",
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"endanger",
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"imperil",
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"jeopardize",
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"menace",
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"expose",
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"subject",
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"bet (on)",
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"wager"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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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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"tempted":{
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"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
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"examples":[
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"that chocolate dessert sure tempts me, but I should stick with my diet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"allured",
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"baited",
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"beguiled",
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"betrayed",
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"decoyed",
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"enticed",
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"led on",
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"lured",
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"seduced",
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"solicited"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drew in",
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"inveigled",
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"persuaded",
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"roped (in)",
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"snowed",
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"caught",
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"enmeshed",
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"immeshed",
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"ensnared",
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"entrapped",
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"meshed",
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"snared",
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"tangled",
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"trapped",
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"bewitched",
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"captivated",
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"charmed",
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"enchanted",
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"fascinated",
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"magnetized",
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"wiled"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alerted",
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"cautioned",
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"forewarned",
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"warded (off)",
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"warned",
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"drove (away or off)",
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"repulsed",
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"turned away"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to take a chance on":{
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"examples":[
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"refusing to lay in enough food for the long winter tempts the dangers of starvation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adventured",
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"chanced",
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"gambled (on)",
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"hazarded",
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"risked",
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"ventured"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bearded",
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"braved",
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"brazened",
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"breasted",
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"challenged",
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"confronted",
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"dared",
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"defied",
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"faced",
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"outbraved",
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"compromised",
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"endangered",
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"imperiled",
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"imperilled",
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"jeopardized",
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"menaced",
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"exposed",
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"subjected",
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"bet (on)",
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"betted (on)",
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"wagered"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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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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"temporal":{
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"having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven":{
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"examples":[
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"do not worry about temporal concerns, but instead focus on spiritual matters"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"carnal",
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"earthborn",
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"earthbound",
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"earthly",
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"fleshly",
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"material",
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"mundane",
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"sublunary",
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"terrene",
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"terrestrial",
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"worldly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"animal",
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"bodily",
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"corporal",
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"corporeal",
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"physical",
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"daily",
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"diurnal",
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"unspiritual",
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"anthropic",
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"anthropical",
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"anthropocentric"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"celestial",
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"Elysian",
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"empyreal",
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"empyrean",
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"supernal",
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"metaphysical",
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"devotional",
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"divine",
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"religious",
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"sacred",
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"spiritual",
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"utopian",
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"ethereal",
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"supernatural",
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"transcendent",
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"transcendental"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"heavenly",
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"nontemporal",
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"unearthly",
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"unworldly"
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]
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},
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"not involving religion or religious matters":{
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"examples":[
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"administrators on campus are in place to deal with students' temporal needs, and spiritual advisors are available to help students with their nontemporal needs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"nonreligious",
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"profane",
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"secular"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"atheistic",
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"godless",
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"irreligious",
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"pagan",
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"paganish",
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"religionless",
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"laical",
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"laic",
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"lay",
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"nonclerical",
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"nondenominational",
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"nonsectarian",
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"earthly",
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"mundane",
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"terrene",
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"terrestrial",
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"worldly",
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"material",
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"physical",
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"substantial",
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"bodily",
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"carnal",
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"corporal",
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"fleshly",
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"blasphemous",
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"impious",
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"irreverent",
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"sacrilegious",
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"unconsecrated",
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"unhallowed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"divine",
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"spiritual",
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"consecrated",
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"hallowed",
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"holy",
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"sacrosanct",
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"sanctified",
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"churchly",
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"devout",
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"godly",
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"pious",
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"prayerful",
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"reverent",
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"worshipful",
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"ethereal",
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"insubstantial",
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"metaphysical",
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"unsubstantial",
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"bodiless",
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"immaterial",
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"incorporeal",
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"nonphysical"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"religious",
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"sacred"
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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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"temper":{
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"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
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"examples":[
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"there's a temper of tranquillity about the retreat that visitors find very inviting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"air",
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"ambience",
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"ambiance",
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"aroma",
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"atmosphere",
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"aura",
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"climate",
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"flavor",
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"halo",
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"karma",
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"mood",
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"nimbus",
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"note",
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"odor",
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"patina",
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"smell",
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"vibration(s)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aureole",
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"aureola",
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"mystique",
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"romance",
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"genius loci",
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"feel",
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"feeling",
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"sensation",
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"sense",
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"spirit",
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"attribute",
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"character",
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"characteristic",
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"image",
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"mark",
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"notion",
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"peculiarity",
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"picture",
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"property",
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"trait",
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"color",
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"illusion",
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"overtone",
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"semblance",
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"suggestion",
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"tone"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
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"examples":[
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"was in quite a bad temper after spilling his juice all over his new shirt"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cheer",
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"feather",
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"humor",
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"mode",
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"mood",
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"spirit"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"angle",
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"attitude",
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"mind-set",
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"outlook",
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"perspective",
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"slant",
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"standpoint",
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"viewpoint",
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"emotion",
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"feeling",
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"heart",
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"passion",
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"sentiment",
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"strain",
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"belief",
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"conviction",
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"judgment",
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"judgement",
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"mind",
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"opinion",
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"expression",
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"tone",
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"vein",
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"character",
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"disposition",
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"identity",
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"individuality",
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"makeup",
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"mettle",
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"personality",
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"selfhood",
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"self-identity",
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"temperament",
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"responsiveness",
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"sensibility",
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"sensitiveness",
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"sensitivity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"one's characteristic attitude or mood":{
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"examples":[
|
|
"she has an even temper and a calm manner that sets everyone all at ease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"temperament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"mind-set",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"tone",
|
|
"vein",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"selfhood",
|
|
"self-identity",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in anneal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anneal",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"toughen",
|
|
"firm (up)",
|
|
"tone (up)",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"restrengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"incapacitate",
|
|
"paralyze",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in soften , lighten":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"palliate",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"exacerbate",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"sharpen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temptingly":{
|
|
"as in appealingly , enticingly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appealingly",
|
|
"appetizingly",
|
|
"enticingly",
|
|
"invitingly",
|
|
"attractively",
|
|
"beautifully",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"winningly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly",
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temporizes":{
|
|
"to avoid making a decision or giving a definite answer in order to have more time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Pressured by voters on both sides of the issue, the congressmen temporized ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filibusters",
|
|
"procrastinates",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"lollygags",
|
|
"lallygags",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temperate":{
|
|
"avoiding extremes in behavior or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rather temperate in his appraisal of the movie, calling it good but not great"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moderate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unchecked",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"intemperate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"escaped a cold Midwestern winter by vacationing in a more temperate climate down south"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"showery",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a soft-spoken, serious-minded person of temperate habits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstentious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"self-abnegating",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"sober"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"self-governed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"Cyrenaic",
|
|
"hedonistic",
|
|
"self-pleasing",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sybaritic",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"voluptuary",
|
|
"masturbatory",
|
|
"onanistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-indulgent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temptation":{
|
|
"the pressure to give in to a desire for easy or immediate pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he felt the temptation to go sailing, but did his chores instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"enticement",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"siren song",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"invitation",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"money, power, and other overwhelming temptations can seduce a person to a life of crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"come-on",
|
|
"enticement",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"siren song",
|
|
"turn-on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"seducement",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"mousetrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"warning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temptress":{
|
|
"a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Greta Garbo, one of the most famous temptresses ever to appear on screen, died in 1990"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"femme fatale",
|
|
"seductress",
|
|
"siren"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beguiler",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"seducer",
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"sexpot",
|
|
"sex symbol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tempters":{
|
|
"one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there is no greater tempter to put off studying than my dog when he wants to play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"seducers",
|
|
"solicitors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beguilers",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"tantalizers",
|
|
"bribers",
|
|
"inducers",
|
|
"inveiglers",
|
|
"persuaders",
|
|
"corrupters",
|
|
"corruptors",
|
|
"debasers",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"degraders",
|
|
"depravers",
|
|
"perverters",
|
|
"undoers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tempering":{
|
|
"as in annealing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annealing",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"toughening",
|
|
"firming (up)",
|
|
"toning (up)",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"restrengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"incapacitating",
|
|
"paralyzing",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"undercutting",
|
|
"undermining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in softening , lightening":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"palliating",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"emending",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exacerbating",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"sharpening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temple":{
|
|
"a building for public worship and especially Christian worship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the largest temple in the Gothic style in the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"church",
|
|
"kirk",
|
|
"tabernacle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbey",
|
|
"bethel",
|
|
"cathedral",
|
|
"chapel",
|
|
"minster",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"oratory",
|
|
"sanctuary",
|
|
"shrine",
|
|
"meetinghouse",
|
|
"mosque",
|
|
"pagoda",
|
|
"shul",
|
|
"synagogue",
|
|
"synagog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tempers":{
|
|
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a temper of tranquillity about the retreat that visitors find very inviting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"ambiences",
|
|
"ambiances",
|
|
"aromas",
|
|
"atmospheres",
|
|
"auras",
|
|
"climates",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"halos",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"karmas",
|
|
"moods",
|
|
"nimbi",
|
|
"nimbuses",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"odors",
|
|
"patinas",
|
|
"patinae",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"vibrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aureoles",
|
|
"aureolae",
|
|
"mystiques",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"genius locis",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"overtones",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"tones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was in quite a bad temper after spilling his juice all over his new shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"moods",
|
|
"spirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"mind-sets",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
"viewpoints",
|
|
"emotions",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"sentiments",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"tones",
|
|
"veins",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"identities",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"mettles",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selfhoods",
|
|
"self-identities",
|
|
"temperaments",
|
|
"sensibilities",
|
|
"sensitivities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one's characteristic attitude or mood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has an even temper and a calm manner that sets everyone all at ease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"temperaments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"mind-sets",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
"viewpoints",
|
|
"emotions",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"sentiments",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"tones",
|
|
"veins",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"identities",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"mettles",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selfhoods",
|
|
"self-identities",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"sensibilities",
|
|
"sensitivities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in anneals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anneals",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"toughens",
|
|
"firms (up)",
|
|
"tones (up)",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"restrengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"incapacitates",
|
|
"paralyzes",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"undercuts",
|
|
"undermines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in softens , lightens":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"palliates",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"emends",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"refines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"exacerbates",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"sharpens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tempest":{
|
|
"a disturbance of the atmosphere accompanied by wind and often by precipitation (as rain or snow)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden summertime tempest drove us off the golf course and into the clubhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blizzard",
|
|
"ice storm",
|
|
"snowstorm",
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"hailstorm",
|
|
"rainsquall",
|
|
"rainstorm",
|
|
"thundershower",
|
|
"thunderstorm",
|
|
"weather",
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
"northeaster",
|
|
"nor'easter",
|
|
"norther",
|
|
"southeaster",
|
|
"southwester",
|
|
"cyclone",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"typhoon",
|
|
"sandstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town council handled the tempest over cuts to the school budget as well as could be expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouleversement",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"earthquake",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insurgency",
|
|
"insurrection",
|
|
"mutiny",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"subversion",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"trembling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temperas":{
|
|
"as in drawings , sketches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distempers",
|
|
"drawings",
|
|
"etchings",
|
|
"finger paintings",
|
|
"pastels",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"acrylics",
|
|
"aquarelles",
|
|
"gouaches",
|
|
"watercolors",
|
|
"masterpieces",
|
|
"diptychs",
|
|
"triptychs",
|
|
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
|
|
"showpieces",
|
|
"frescoes",
|
|
"murals",
|
|
"panoramas",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"oil paintings",
|
|
"oils",
|
|
"paintings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temp":{
|
|
"as in temporary":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"coworker",
|
|
"nine-to-fiver",
|
|
"wage earner",
|
|
"wage slave",
|
|
"wageworker",
|
|
"workingman",
|
|
"workingwoman",
|
|
"workman",
|
|
"workwoman",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"gandy dancer",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"navvy",
|
|
"toiler",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"cog",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"employee",
|
|
"employe",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"jobholder",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"worker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"employer",
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"supervisor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temptations":{
|
|
"the pressure to give in to a desire for easy or immediate pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he felt the temptation to go sailing, but did his chores instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"enticements",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seductions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"siren songs",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchantments",
|
|
"glamours",
|
|
"glamors",
|
|
"invitations",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"money, power, and other overwhelming temptations can seduce a person to a life of crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"come-ons",
|
|
"enticements",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"siren songs",
|
|
"turn-ons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"seducements",
|
|
"seductions",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"entrapments",
|
|
"mousetraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"forewarnings",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"warnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tempo":{
|
|
"as in pace , rate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gait",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fleetness",
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"rapidness",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"speediness",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"velocity",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"acceleration",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"expeditiousness",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"warp speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"procrastination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temporariness":{
|
|
"the state or quality of lasting only for a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the temporariness of the job is probably the reason why so few people are applying for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ephemerality",
|
|
"evanescence",
|
|
"fleetingness",
|
|
"fugitiveness",
|
|
"impermanence",
|
|
"impermanency",
|
|
"momentariness",
|
|
"transience",
|
|
"transiency",
|
|
"transitoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"shortness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"longevity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"permanence",
|
|
"permanency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temporized":{
|
|
"to avoid making a decision or giving a definite answer in order to have more time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Pressured by voters on both sides of the issue, the congressmen temporized ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filibustered",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"lollygagged",
|
|
"lallygagged",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temperances":{
|
|
"an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my father attributes his ripe old age to temperance in all things, especially eating and drinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"temperateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roadism",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"mortification",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"teetotalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unrestraint",
|
|
"extremism",
|
|
"radicalness",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"insobriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"immoderateness",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"practices a blue-blooded temperance that his parvenu neighbors will never understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"sobriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"voraciousness",
|
|
"voracity",
|
|
"hedonism",
|
|
"sensuality",
|
|
"sybaritism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-indulgence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tempting":{
|
|
"as in tantalizing , enticing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"galvanic",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charismatic",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"elfin",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"magnetic",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"unalluring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in seduction":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"blandishment",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"exhortation",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"suasion",
|
|
"lobbying",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that chocolate dessert sure tempts me, but I should stick with my diet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"decoying",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"soliciting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing in",
|
|
"inveigling",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"magnetizing",
|
|
"wiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"cautioning",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
|
"warning",
|
|
"driving (away or off)",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"turning away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a chance on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refusing to lay in enough food for the long winter tempts the dangers of starvation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuring",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"gambling (on)",
|
|
"hazarding",
|
|
"risking",
|
|
"venturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"brazening",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"outbraving",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"endangering",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"subjecting",
|
|
"betting (on)",
|
|
"wagering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tempter":{
|
|
"one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there is no greater tempter to put off studying than my dog when he wants to play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"seducer",
|
|
"solicitor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beguiler",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"tantalizer",
|
|
"briber",
|
|
"inducer",
|
|
"inveigler",
|
|
"persuader",
|
|
"corrupter",
|
|
"corruptor",
|
|
"debaser",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"degrader",
|
|
"depraver",
|
|
"perverter",
|
|
"undoer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temporizer":{
|
|
"a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of temporizer who determines his position on a political issue by taking a look at the polls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acrobat",
|
|
"chameleon",
|
|
"chancer",
|
|
"opportunist",
|
|
"timeserver",
|
|
"trimmer",
|
|
"weathercock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"egoist",
|
|
"egotist",
|
|
"self-seeker",
|
|
"conniver",
|
|
"machinator",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lifelong temporizer , he was for the war as long as it was popular and against it the minute the tide of public opinion went the other way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom-feeder",
|
|
"chancer",
|
|
"opportunist",
|
|
"self-seeker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoist",
|
|
"egotist",
|
|
"conniver",
|
|
"machinator",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"barracuda",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"leech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temporizing":{
|
|
"to avoid making a decision or giving a definite answer in order to have more time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Pressured by voters on both sides of the issue, the congressmen temporized ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"lollygagging",
|
|
"lallygagging",
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tempests":{
|
|
"a disturbance of the atmosphere accompanied by wind and often by precipitation (as rain or snow)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden summertime tempest drove us off the golf course and into the clubhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"storms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blizzards",
|
|
"ice storms",
|
|
"snowstorms",
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"hailstorms",
|
|
"rainsqualls",
|
|
"rainstorms",
|
|
"thundershowers",
|
|
"thunderstorms",
|
|
"weathers",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"nor'easters",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"southeasters",
|
|
"southwesters",
|
|
"cyclones",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"typhoons",
|
|
"sandstorms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town council handled the tempest over cuts to the school budget as well as could be expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouleversements",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"earthquakes",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"uproars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insurgencies",
|
|
"insurrections",
|
|
"mutinies",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"rebellions",
|
|
"revolts",
|
|
"revolutions",
|
|
"subversions",
|
|
"uprisings",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"williwaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temples":{
|
|
"a building for public worship and especially Christian worship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the largest temple in the Gothic style in the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"churches",
|
|
"kirks",
|
|
"tabernacles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbeys",
|
|
"bethels",
|
|
"cathedrals",
|
|
"chapels",
|
|
"minsters",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"oratories",
|
|
"sanctuaries",
|
|
"shrines",
|
|
"meetinghouses",
|
|
"mosques",
|
|
"pagodas",
|
|
"shuls",
|
|
"synagogues",
|
|
"synagogs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temerarious":{
|
|
"foolishly adventurous or bold":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"temerarious people rush in without forethought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"reckless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"manful",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"undauntable",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temporizers":{
|
|
"a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of temporizer who determines his position on a political issue by taking a look at the polls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acrobats",
|
|
"chameleons",
|
|
"chancers",
|
|
"opportunists",
|
|
"timeservers",
|
|
"trimmers",
|
|
"weathercocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"egoists",
|
|
"egotists",
|
|
"self-seekers",
|
|
"connivers",
|
|
"machinators",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lifelong temporizer , he was for the war as long as it was popular and against it the minute the tide of public opinion went the other way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom-feeders",
|
|
"chancers",
|
|
"opportunists",
|
|
"self-seekers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentrics",
|
|
"egoists",
|
|
"egotists",
|
|
"connivers",
|
|
"machinators",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"barracuda",
|
|
"barracudas",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temporaries":{
|
|
"as in temps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"temps",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"coworkers",
|
|
"co-workers",
|
|
"nine-to-fivers",
|
|
"wage earners",
|
|
"wage slaves",
|
|
"wageworkers",
|
|
"workingmen",
|
|
"workingwomen",
|
|
"workmen",
|
|
"workwomen",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"gandy dancers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"navvies",
|
|
"toilers",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"cogs",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"jobholders",
|
|
"retainers",
|
|
"workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"employers",
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"supervisors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tempered":{
|
|
"as in hardened , compressed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"rocklike",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"nonporous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spongy",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"permeable",
|
|
"porous",
|
|
"ultrasoft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in annealed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annealed",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"firmed (up)",
|
|
"toned (up)",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"restrengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in softened , lightened":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"palliated",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exacerbated",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"sharpened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tempestuous":{
|
|
"marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"order was restored to the court after the judge put a stop to the defendant's tempestuous outburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang-bang",
|
|
"blood-and-guts",
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"cyclonic",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"hammer-and-tongs",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"paroxysmal",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tumultuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"volcanic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"combustible",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"cataclysmal",
|
|
"cataclysmic",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"ruinous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"nonbelligerent",
|
|
"unaggressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonviolent",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by sudden or violent disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in terms of social change, the 1960s are generally considered the most tempestuous decade in recent American history"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cataclysmal",
|
|
"cataclysmic",
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tumultuous",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fitful",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"sporadic",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"riotous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by turmoil or disturbance especially of natural elements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spent a tempestuous night stranded on the summit of the mountain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tumultuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"roily",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"squally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"unclouded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stay indoors this weekend as the weather promises to be tempestuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"windblown",
|
|
"windswept",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"serene"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"unclouded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temperately":{
|
|
"as in reasonably , moderately":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"devilishly",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"exorbitantly",
|
|
"inordinately",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"overly",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unduly",
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"extortionately",
|
|
"inexcusably",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"unconscionably",
|
|
"unreasonably"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temperaments":{
|
|
"one's characteristic attitude or mood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looking for a dog with a sweet temperament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"tempers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"mind-sets",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
"viewpoints",
|
|
"emotions",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"sentiments",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"tones",
|
|
"veins",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"identities",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"mettles",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selfhoods",
|
|
"self-identities",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"sensibilities",
|
|
"sensitivities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temperamental":{
|
|
"frequently influenced by moods and especially bad moods":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of those temperamental actresses who can make life difficult for everyone around her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stock prices have been pretty temperamental lately, often fluctuating wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"ambivalent",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dicey",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temperateness":{
|
|
"an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a steadfast temperateness about every aspect of his life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roadism",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"mortification",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"teetotalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unrestraint",
|
|
"extremism",
|
|
"radicalness",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"insobriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"immoderateness",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temporize":{
|
|
"to avoid making a decision or giving a definite answer in order to have more time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Pressured by voters on both sides of the issue, the congressmen temporized ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filibuster",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"lollygag",
|
|
"lallygag",
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temporary":{
|
|
"intended to last, continue, or serve for a limited time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"summer workers looking for temporary accommodations in private homes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad interim",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"provisionary",
|
|
"provisory",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"intermediary",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"transitional",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"fugitive",
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|
"short-lived",
|
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"transitory",
|
|
"conditional",
|
|
"contingent",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"short-range",
|
|
"tentative",
|
|
"replaceable",
|
|
"terminable",
|
|
"terminate"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"final",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"long-range",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"deathless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"permanent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lasting only for a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a temporary lapse of memory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"deciduous",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"evanescent",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"fugacious",
|
|
"fugitive",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lifelong",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"imperishable",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"indestructible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceaseless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"deathless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unending"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serving in a position for the time being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the temporary head of the sales division"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"ad interim",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"provisionary",
|
|
"provisory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"make-do",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"stopgap",
|
|
"substitute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"permanent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in temp":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"temp",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"coworker",
|
|
"nine-to-fiver",
|
|
"wage earner",
|
|
"wage slave",
|
|
"wageworker",
|
|
"workingman",
|
|
"workingwoman",
|
|
"workman",
|
|
"workwoman",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"gandy dancer",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"navvy",
|
|
"toiler",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"cog",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"employee",
|
|
"employe",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"jobholder",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"worker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"employer",
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"supervisor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temptresses":{
|
|
"a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Greta Garbo, one of the most famous temptresses ever to appear on screen, died in 1990"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"femmes fatales",
|
|
"seductresses",
|
|
"sirens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beguilers",
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"seducers",
|
|
"vamps",
|
|
"sexpots",
|
|
"sex symbols"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temperament":{
|
|
"one's characteristic attitude or mood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looking for a dog with a sweet temperament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"mind-set",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"tone",
|
|
"vein",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"selfhood",
|
|
"self-identity",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temblors":{
|
|
"a shaking of the earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earthquakes",
|
|
"quakes",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"tremors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aftershocks",
|
|
"foreshocks",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"microearthquakes",
|
|
"microseisms",
|
|
"seaquakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tempts":{
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that chocolate dessert sure tempts me, but I should stick with my diet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"leads on",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"solicits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draws in",
|
|
"inveigles",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"magnetizes",
|
|
"wiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"forewarns",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"warns",
|
|
"drives (away or off)",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"turns away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a chance on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refusing to lay in enough food for the long winter tempts the dangers of starvation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"gambles (on)",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"ventures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"brazens",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"outbraves",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"endangers",
|
|
"imperils",
|
|
"jeopardizes",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"bets (on)",
|
|
"wagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temblor":{
|
|
"a shaking of the earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earthquake",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"tremor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aftershock",
|
|
"foreshock",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"microearthquake",
|
|
"microseism",
|
|
"seaquake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temptable":{
|
|
"as in bad , corrupt":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unmoral",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"bribable",
|
|
"corruptible",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"purchasable",
|
|
"venal",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"mercenary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temps":{
|
|
"as in temporaries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"temporaries",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"coworkers",
|
|
"co-workers",
|
|
"nine-to-fivers",
|
|
"wage earners",
|
|
"wage slaves",
|
|
"wageworkers",
|
|
"workingmen",
|
|
"workingwomen",
|
|
"workmen",
|
|
"workwomen",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"gandy dancers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"navvies",
|
|
"toilers",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"cogs",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"jobholders",
|
|
"retainers",
|
|
"workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"employers",
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"supervisors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |