dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/wro_MWT.json
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{
"wrong":{
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"there is something wrong with this cake\u2014it has a funny taste"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"having an opinion that does not agree with truth or the facts":{
"examples":[
"I'm sorry, but the latest research proves you wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"incorrect",
"mistaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confused",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"untrue",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"tricked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"informed",
"accurate",
"exact",
"precise",
"true"
],
"antonyms":[
"correct",
"right"
]
},
"not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation":{
"examples":[
"has a knack for saying just the wrong thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"perverse",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"untoward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inopportune",
"unfortunate",
"unseasonable",
"untimely",
"extraneous",
"immaterial",
"inapplicable",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"misbecoming",
"mismatched",
"incompatible",
"inconsistent",
"uncongenial",
"bad",
"naughty",
"sinful",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"banned",
"barred",
"disallowed",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"awkward",
"gauche",
"ungraceful",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortunate",
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"applicable",
"apposite",
"apropos",
"apt",
"germane",
"material",
"pat",
"pointed",
"relative",
"relevant",
"compatible",
"congenial",
"harmonious",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"kosher",
"licensed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"exemplary",
"blameless",
"irreproachable",
"balanced",
"companionate",
"congruous",
"consonant",
"harmonious"
],
"antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decorous",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"genteel",
"happy",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable"
]
},
"not being in agreement with what is true":{
"examples":[
"her answer that Thomas Jefferson was the second president of the United States is wrong \u2014it was John Adams, of course"
],
"synonyms":[
"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"untruthful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfactual",
"specious",
"spurious",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"distorted",
"fallacious",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"misleading",
"amiss",
"askew",
"awry",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"unconfirmed",
"unproven",
"untested",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made-up",
"trumped-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"tested",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"exact",
"factual",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"veracious"
]
},
"not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable":{
"examples":[
"was caught doing something wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"dark",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"rotten",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unlawful",
"unrighteous",
"unsavory",
"vicious",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"disreputable",
"evil-minded",
"ignoble",
"ill",
"infernal",
"low",
"mean",
"snide",
"sordid",
"atrocious",
"cruel",
"infamous",
"nasty",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"objectionable",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"reprehensible",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"loose",
"low-minded",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"scrofulous",
"sick",
"unhealthy",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"defiling",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilential",
"ugly",
"ungodly",
"unwholesome",
"banned",
"barred",
"condemned",
"discouraged",
"forbidden",
"illegal",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"unauthorized",
"unclean",
"disallowed",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"vulgar",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elevated",
"high",
"high-minded",
"law-abiding",
"legitimate",
"lofty",
"noble",
"principled",
"reputable",
"scrupulous",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"legal",
"licensed",
"permissible",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"clean",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"exemplary",
"proper",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"guiltless",
"legitimate",
"chaste",
"immaculate",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"unfallen",
"unobjectionable",
"venerable",
"white",
"wholesome",
"esteemed",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy"
],
"antonyms":[
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"sublime",
"upright",
"virtuous"
]
},
"that which is morally unacceptable":{
"examples":[
"any reasonable person should be expected to know the difference between right and wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"balefulness",
"darkness",
"depravedness",
"devilishness",
"diabolism",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"iniquitousness",
"satanism",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"fiendishness",
"cancer",
"canker",
"decay",
"rot",
"squalor",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"depravity",
"indecency",
"malefaction",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"scurrility",
"scurrilousness",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"taboo",
"tabu"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"good",
"morality",
"right",
"virtue"
]
},
"unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this":{
"examples":[
"trying to right all the wrongs in the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"disservice",
"inequity",
"injury",
"injustice",
"raw deal",
"shaft",
"unfairness",
"unjustness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affront",
"indignity",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"outrage",
"put-down",
"slight",
"slur",
"beef",
"complaint",
"grievance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cricket"
],
"antonyms":[
"equitableness",
"equity",
"fairness",
"justice"
]
},
"off the desired or intended path or course":{
"examples":[
"all of our carefully laid plans have gone wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"afield",
"amiss",
"astray",
"awry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badly",
"faultily",
"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"mistakenly",
"wrongly",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"unpromisingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"perfectly",
"auspiciously",
"favorably",
"promisingly",
"correctly",
"properly",
"rightly",
"appropriately",
"fittingly",
"suitably"
],
"antonyms":[
"aright",
"right",
"well"
]
},
"as in burn , victimize":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burn",
"sandbag",
"victimize",
"harass",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"torment",
"torture",
"beat (up)",
"mess (up)",
"rough (up)",
"work (over)",
"molest",
"outrage",
"violate",
"abuse",
"brutalize",
"bully",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"kick around",
"maltreat",
"manhandle",
"mess over",
"mishandle",
"mistreat",
"misuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"care (for)",
"cherish",
"foster",
"nurture",
"baby",
"cater (to)",
"coddle",
"favor",
"gratify",
"humor",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wrought (up)":{
"as in worried , anxious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alarmed",
"anxious",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"nervous",
"perturbed",
"tense",
"troubled",
"upset",
"worried",
"agitated",
"delirious",
"distracted",
"distrait",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"affrighted",
"aghast",
"alarmed",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared",
"spooked",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"ballistic",
"berserk",
"crazed",
"demented",
"deranged",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"nuclear",
"raging",
"ranting",
"raving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collected",
"composed",
"recollected",
"self-collected",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"unhysterical",
"calm",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"wrongness":{
"the quality or state of being unsuitable or unfitting":{
"examples":[
"arguments about the rightness or wrongness of the satirical skit drowned out any discussion of the points it attempted to raise"
],
"synonyms":[
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappositeness",
"inappropriateness",
"inaptness",
"incorrectness",
"infelicity",
"unfitness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extraneousness",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"inadmissibility",
"inapplicability",
"irrelevance",
"meaninglessness",
"pointlessness",
"senselessness",
"inauspiciousness",
"inexpedience",
"inexpediency",
"intolerability",
"undesirability",
"undesirableness",
"unsatisfactoriness",
"uselessness",
"unbecomingness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admissibility",
"applicability",
"bearing",
"connection",
"materiality",
"pertinence",
"pointedness",
"relevance",
"relevancy"
],
"antonyms":[
"appositeness",
"appropriateness",
"aptness",
"correctness",
"felicitousness",
"felicity",
"fitness",
"fittingness",
"properness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wrongheadedness":{
"as in perversity , perverseness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentiveness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"waywardness",
"bullheadedness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intransigence",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"opinionatedness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"willfulness",
"adamancy",
"adamance",
"determination",
"implacability",
"inexorability",
"inflexibility",
"inveteracy",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"relentlessness",
"resolve",
"single-mindedness",
"steadfastness",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"firmness",
"hardness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"bloody-mindedness",
"cantankerousness",
"contrariness",
"cussedness",
"balkiness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"recalcitrancy",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"flexibility",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"compliance",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"submission",
"surrender",
"willingness",
"yielding",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wrongheaded":{
"having or showing opinions or ideas that are wrong":{
"examples":[
"wrongheaded people",
"I think he is taking a wrongheaded approach to dealing with the problem."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"perverse",
"resistant",
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful",
"noncooperative",
"uncooperative",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"negativistic",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"fractious",
"restive",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"naughty",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"inconsiderate",
"insolent",
"ornery",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"uncouth",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cooperative",
"deferential",
"obliging",
"yielding",
"behaved",
"disciplined",
"well-bred",
"courteous",
"polite",
"respectful",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"proper",
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"trainable",
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"wrought (for)":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[
"worked for a rich and powerful family"
],
"synonyms":[
"served",
"slaved (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"ministered (to)",
"tended (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wrongful":{
"contrary to or forbidden by law":{
"examples":[
"charged with wrongful possession of narcotics"
],
"synonyms":[
"criminal",
"felonious",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"lawless",
"unlawful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"evil",
"immoral",
"shameful",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"banned",
"barred",
"contraband",
"criminalized",
"disallowed",
"discouraged",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"adulterine",
"bootleg",
"unauthorized",
"unlicensed",
"unsanctioned",
"under-the-counter",
"under-the-table",
"corrupt",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"villainous"
],
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"ethical",
"good",
"just",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"virtuous",
"allowed",
"permitted",
"authorized",
"licensed",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"suggested",
"supported",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly"
],
"antonyms":[
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"wrote up":{
"as in wrote , described":{
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"described",
"wrote",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"circulated",
"disseminated",
"published",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"advertised",
"announced",
"declared",
"enounced",
"enunciated",
"proclaimed",
"said",
"chimed in",
"aired",
"expounded",
"expressed",
"gave",
"looked",
"raised",
"sounded",
"stated",
"vented",
"ventilated",
"voiced",
"communicated",
"conveyed",
"put across",
"put over",
"offered",
"submitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"censored",
"restrained",
"restricted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wrongly":{
"in a mistaken or inappropriate way":{
"examples":[
"you have wrongly interpreted this passage in the Bible"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"erroneously",
"faultily",
"improperly",
"inaccurately",
"inappropriately",
"inaptly",
"incorrectly",
"mistakenly",
"unsuitably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misguidedly",
"fallibly",
"imperfectly",
"extraneously",
"irrelevantly",
"meaninglessly",
"pointlessly",
"senselessly",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"undesirably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"foolishly",
"unwisely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infallibly",
"perfectly",
"germanely",
"meaningfully",
"pertinently",
"relevantly",
"sensibly",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"satisfactorily",
"sufficiently",
"prudently",
"sagely",
"wisely"
],
"antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"correctly",
"fittingly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably",
"well"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"wrote":{
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
"examples":[
"a staunch supporter of the old school, he prefers to write all of his letters by hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"authored",
"penned",
"scratched (out)",
"scribbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cast",
"composed",
"crafted",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"formulated",
"framed",
"prepared",
"recast",
"redrafted",
"revised",
"rewrote",
"lettered",
"printed",
"typed",
"typewrote",
"recorded",
"took down",
"transcribed",
"autographed",
"penciled (in)",
"pencilled (in)",
"registered",
"signed",
"couched",
"expressed",
"phrased",
"put",
"worded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in an exchange of written messages":{
"examples":[
"promise you'll write while you're away"
],
"synonyms":[
"corresponded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"communicated",
"intercommunicated",
"airmailed",
"e-mailed",
"telegraphed",
"mailed",
"posted",
"answered",
"replied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wrought (at or on)":{
"as in prepared (for) , pointed (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pointed (for)",
"prepared (for)",
"trained (with)",
"exercised",
"practiced",
"practised",
"ran over",
"rehearsed",
"grooved",
"perfected",
"refined",
"reviewed",
"studied",
"drilled",
"repeated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wrote down":{
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"a company forced to write down its assets"
],
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"attenuated",
"broke",
"cheapened",
"depreciated",
"depressed",
"devaluated",
"devalued",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"marked down",
"reduced",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debased",
"demonetized",
"underestimated",
"underpriced",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"abridged",
"compressed",
"contracted",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"moderated",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"bloated",
"inflated",
"overestimated",
"overpriced",
"overrated",
"overvalued",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"dilated",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"enhanced",
"marked up",
"upgraded"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"write down what you remember about that day"
],
"synonyms":[
"jotted (down)",
"logged",
"marked",
"noted",
"put down",
"recorded",
"registered",
"reported",
"set down",
"took down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicled",
"minuted",
"transcribed",
"enregistered",
"entered",
"inscribed",
"chalked (up)",
"notched",
"scored"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wrongfulness":{
"as in illegality , unlawfulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"illegality",
"illegitimacy",
"unlawfulness",
"badness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"sinfulness",
"unjustness",
"wickedness",
"wrongness",
"criminality",
"unconstitutionality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lawfulness",
"legality",
"legitimacy",
"rightfulness",
"rightness",
"permissibility",
"permissibleness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wrongdoers":{
"a person who commits moral wrongs":{
"examples":[
"anticorruption crusaders are going after wrongdoers at every level of the nation's government"
],
"synonyms":[
"evildoers",
"immoralists",
"malefactors",
"sinners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"criminals",
"crooks",
"felons",
"lawbreakers",
"miscreants",
"misdoers",
"misfeasors",
"offenders",
"reprobates",
"transgressors",
"villains",
"corrupters",
"corruptors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels",
"innocents",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wroth":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"examples":[
"I've been waxing wroth all afternoon!"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"wrongdoings":{
"a breaking of a moral or legal code":{
"examples":[
"a local newspaper exposed the contractor's elaborate attempts to cover up his wrongdoings"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaches",
"crimes",
"debts",
"errors",
"lawbreakings",
"malefactions",
"misdeeds",
"misdoings",
"offenses",
"offences",
"sins",
"transgressions",
"trespasses",
"violations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bias crimes",
"hate crimes",
"felonies",
"misconducts",
"misdemeanors",
"misfeasances",
"faults",
"foibles",
"peccadilloes",
"peccadillos",
"breaks",
"infringements",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"vices",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"depravities",
"abuses",
"criminalities",
"illegalities",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"falls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeccabilities",
"innocences",
"irreproachabilities",
"moralities",
"virtues"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncrimes"
]
},
"improper or illegal behavior":{
"examples":[
"the police officer was found to be completely innocent of any wrongdoing"
],
"synonyms":[
"malfeasances",
"misbehaviors",
"misconducts",
"misdoings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crimes",
"malefactions",
"misdeeds",
"misdemeanors",
"sins",
"transgressions",
"trespasses",
"wrongs",
"malpractices",
"goings-on",
"hanky-pankies",
"familiarities",
"gaffes",
"improprieties",
"indiscretions",
"blunders",
"errors",
"faults",
"flubs",
"fumbles",
"goofs",
"lapses",
"miscues",
"missteps",
"mistakes",
"slips",
"slipups",
"stumbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wronged":{
"as in burned , victimized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burned",
"burnt",
"sandbagged",
"victimized",
"harassed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured",
"oppressed",
"persecuted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"beat (up)",
"messed (up)",
"roughed (up)",
"worked (over)",
"molested",
"outraged",
"violated",
"abused",
"brutalized",
"bullied",
"ill-treated",
"ill-used",
"kicked around",
"maltreated",
"manhandled",
"messed over",
"mishandled",
"mistreated",
"misused"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"cherished",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"babied",
"catered (to)",
"coddled",
"favored",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wrote off":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"cried down",
"decried",
"denigrated",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"derogated",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"disparaged",
"dissed",
"kissed off",
"minimized",
"played down",
"poor-mouthed",
"put down",
"ran down",
"talked down",
"trashed",
"trash-talked",
"vilipended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommended",
"abused",
"scolded",
"disapproved (of)",
"disliked",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"aspersed",
"defamed",
"maligned",
"ripped",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"discredited",
"disgraced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"countenanced",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"sanctioned",
"commended",
"complimented",
"eulogized"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"praised"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuated",
"broke",
"cheapened",
"depreciated",
"depressed",
"devaluated",
"devalued",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"marked down",
"reduced",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wrote down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debased",
"demonetized",
"underestimated",
"underpriced",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"abridged",
"compressed",
"contracted",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"moderated",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"bloated",
"inflated",
"overestimated",
"overpriced",
"overrated",
"overvalued",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"dilated",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"enhanced",
"marked up",
"upgraded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wrought":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"this new drug can really work wonders"
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"created",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"finally figured out how to work the math problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"answered",
"broke",
"cracked",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"resolved",
"riddled (out)",
"solved",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluded",
"decided",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"reasoned",
"cleared (up)",
"ironed out",
"straightened (out)",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"untied",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"divined",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"deciphered",
"decoded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a certain purpose":{
"examples":[
"the human kidneys work as a filtering system for the blood"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"functioned",
"performed",
"served"
],
"near synonyms":[
"operated",
"ran",
"run",
"administered",
"carried on",
"controlled",
"directed",
"guided",
"handled",
"managed",
"oversaw",
"regulated",
"supervised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"this headache remedy takes half an hour to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"operated",
"performed",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaved",
"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed",
"panned out",
"redounded",
"resulted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or keep in motion":{
"examples":[
"this pump is worked by hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"moved",
"propelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"activated",
"motivated",
"provoked",
"abetted",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"incited",
"raised",
"stirred (up)",
"whipped (up)",
"set off",
"triggered",
"tripped",
"aroused",
"excited",
"fired (up)",
"galvanized",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"inspired",
"instigated",
"roused",
"stimulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"regulated",
"reined (in)",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to control the mechanical operation of":{
"examples":[
"show me how to work the machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"handled",
"operated",
"ran",
"run"
],
"near synonyms":[
"used",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"plied",
"wielded",
"commanded",
"controlled",
"directed",
"drove",
"guided",
"piloted",
"steered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the organization has worked for years to raise people's awareness of human rights issues"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged away",
"beavered (away)",
"drudged",
"dug (away)",
"endeavored",
"fagged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"tugged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applied (oneself)",
"buckled (down)",
"dug in",
"hammered (away)",
"knuckled down",
"pitched in",
"attacked",
"drove",
"essayed",
"tried",
"exercised",
"exerted",
"overexerted",
"overworked",
"eked out",
"ground (out)",
"put out",
"scrabbled",
"scratched",
"trudged",
"waded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"eased (up)",
"let up",
"slackened",
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dillydallied",
"footled",
"goldbricked",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"lounged",
"shirked",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out",
"basked",
"lolled",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"unwound",
"dabbled",
"doodled",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take unfair advantage of":{
"examples":[
"a young boy who worked his aunt for all she was worth in toys and candy when she visited once a year"
],
"synonyms":[
"abused",
"capitalized (on)",
"cashed in (on)",
"exploited",
"imposed (on or upon)",
"leveraged",
"milked",
"pimped",
"played (on or upon)",
"used"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerked around",
"manipulated",
"mistreated",
"bled",
"cheated",
"fleeced",
"overcharged",
"skinned",
"soaked",
"stuck",
"commercialized",
"commodified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wrongs":{
"that which is morally unacceptable":{
"examples":[
"any reasonable person should be expected to know the difference between right and wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"evils",
"ills",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"sins",
"villainies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrocities",
"diabolisms",
"enormities",
"satanisms",
"devilries",
"deviltries",
"cancers",
"cankers",
"decays",
"rot",
"squalors",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"degeneracies",
"depravities",
"indecencies",
"malefactions",
"perversions",
"scurrilities",
"abominations",
"anathemas",
"taboos",
"tabus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decencies",
"honesties",
"integrities",
"probities",
"rectitudes"
],
"antonyms":[
"goods",
"moralities",
"rights",
"virtues"
]
},
"unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this":{
"examples":[
"trying to right all the wrongs in the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"disservices",
"inequities",
"injuries",
"injustices",
"raw deals",
"shafts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronts",
"indignities",
"insults",
"offenses",
"offences",
"outrages",
"put-downs",
"slights",
"slurs",
"beefs",
"complaints",
"grievances"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crickets"
],
"antonyms":[
"equities",
"justices"
]
},
"as in burns , victimizes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burns",
"sandbags",
"victimizes",
"harasses",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures",
"oppresses",
"persecutes",
"torments",
"tortures",
"beats (up)",
"messes (up)",
"roughs (up)",
"works (over)",
"molests",
"outrages",
"violates",
"abuses",
"brutalizes",
"bullies",
"ill-treats",
"ill-uses",
"kicks around",
"maltreats",
"manhandles",
"messes over",
"mishandles",
"mistreats",
"misuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"cherishes",
"fosters",
"nurtures",
"babies",
"caters (to)",
"coddles",
"favors",
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wrongdoer":{
"a person who commits moral wrongs":{
"examples":[
"anticorruption crusaders are going after wrongdoers at every level of the nation's government"
],
"synonyms":[
"evildoer",
"immoralist",
"malefactor",
"sinner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"criminal",
"crook",
"felon",
"lawbreaker",
"miscreant",
"misdoer",
"misfeasor",
"offender",
"reprobate",
"transgressor",
"villain",
"corrupter",
"corruptor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"innocent",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wrought (on)":{
"as in did , dealt (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acted",
"dealt (with)",
"decided (upon)",
"did"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deferred",
"delayed",
"held off (on)",
"held over",
"held up",
"laid over",
"postponed",
"put off",
"put over",
"remitted",
"shelved",
"suspended",
"hesitated",
"paused",
"stayed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wronging":{
"as in burning , victimizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burning",
"sandbagging",
"victimizing",
"harassing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring",
"oppressing",
"persecuting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"beating (up)",
"messing (up)",
"roughing (up)",
"working (over)",
"molesting",
"outraging",
"violating",
"abusing",
"brutalizing",
"bullying",
"ill-treating",
"ill-using",
"kicking around",
"maltreating",
"manhandling",
"messing over",
"mishandling",
"mistreating",
"misusing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"cherishing",
"fostering",
"nurturing",
"babying",
"catering (to)",
"coddling",
"favoring",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wrongdoing":{
"a breaking of a moral or legal code":{
"examples":[
"a local newspaper exposed the contractor's elaborate attempts to cover up his wrongdoings"
],
"synonyms":[
"breach",
"crime",
"debt",
"error",
"lawbreaking",
"malefaction",
"misdeed",
"misdoing",
"offense",
"offence",
"sin",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bias crime",
"hate crime",
"felony",
"misconduct",
"misdemeanor",
"misfeasance",
"fault",
"foible",
"peccadillo",
"break",
"infringement",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"sinfulness",
"vice",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"licentiousness",
"abuse",
"criminality",
"illegality",
"lawlessness",
"unlawfulness",
"descent",
"downfall",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"impeccability",
"innocence",
"irreproachability",
"goodness",
"morality",
"righteousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncrime"
]
},
"improper or illegal behavior":{
"examples":[
"the police officer was found to be completely innocent of any wrongdoing"
],
"synonyms":[
"malfeasance",
"misbehavior",
"misconduct",
"misdoing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crime",
"malefaction",
"misdeed",
"misdemeanor",
"sin",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"wrong",
"malpractice",
"goings-on",
"hanky-panky",
"familiarity",
"gaffe",
"impropriety",
"indiscretion",
"blunder",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"fumble",
"goof",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}