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{
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"GRU":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Chief Intelligence Directorate":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Russian Glavnoe razvedyvatel'noe upravlenie":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123550",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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]
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},
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"grub":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bread",
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"chow",
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"chuck",
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"comestibles",
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"eatables",
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"eats",
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"edibles",
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"fare",
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"food",
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"foodstuffs",
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"meat",
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"provender",
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"provisions",
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"table",
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"tucker",
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"viands",
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"victuals",
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"vittles"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a slovenly person":[],
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": a soft thick wormlike larva of an insect (such as a beetle)":[],
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": food":[],
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": one who does menial work : drudge":[],
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": to clear by digging up roots and stumps":[],
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": to dig in the ground especially for something that is difficult to find or extract":[],
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": to dig up by or as if by the roots":[],
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": to search about":[
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"grubbed in the countryside for food",
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"\u2014 Lamp"
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],
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": toil , drudge":[
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"grubbing along at newspaper jobs",
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"\u2014 Walter Kirn"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"Everyone was grubbing for whatever food they could find.",
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"students grubbing for better grades",
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"Noun",
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"Let's go get some grub .",
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"after the game, we headed to the diner for some hearty grub",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"No henchmen of adversarial intelligence services or money- grubbing fraudsters are going to abide by such a magnanimous international accord\u2014even if governments or corporations pay it lip service. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 15 Apr. 2020",
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"In its prickliness and insistence on the messiness and ineluctable pain of life, this is very different from the pandering, gold- grubbing titles that tend to hit theaters starting around now. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 26 Sep. 2019",
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"Get our daily newsletter China\u2019s freewheeling internet users hand plenty of precious information over to the country\u2019s data- grubbing apps. \u2014 The Economist , 7 Sep. 2019",
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"Sonny\u2019s Everyman tale revives the hope that cinema might still be a popular art form, even as the movie year heads into its ugliest, platitudinous, awards- grubbing phase. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 6 Sep. 2019",
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"Enter Maximus Worthington, a money- grubbing real estate tycoon danced by CTT artistic director and lead choreographer Mark Yonally, who promises big profits for DRC by using a trickle-down model. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 9 June 2019",
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"In an interview with People, the 48-year-old opened up about her go-to grub . \u2014 Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living , 3 May 2019",
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"The amateur hunters and the independent and commercial hunters aren\u2019t all venal, money- grubbing opportunists. \u2014 Rachel Becker, The Verge , 15 Oct. 2018",
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"Eleven-year-old Nan works with a gang of other kids her age, and younger, as a chimney sweep for a money- grubbing sadist named Wilkie Crudd. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 20 Sep. 2018",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"As long as the grub and grog kept comin\u2019, and as long as everyone had a few turns gripping and ripping. \u2014 Michael Mcknight, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
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"Camaraderie was built over sharing a cold brew and some grub in a communal space, and the often beer-only bars soon fell into a category of their own. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 8 June 2022",
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"There\u2019s a new taproom and Atmosphere Kitchen, featuring elevated pub grub , tapas-style. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 7 June 2022",
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"Five Iron Golf will provide clubs, grub at new indoor facility Downtown Last year, Golfweek listed the best public courses in each state. \u2014 Joe Harrington, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022",
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"The food is simple beer garden grub : totchos, brats, giant pretzels and spicy chicken thighs. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Jan. 2021",
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"Half the grub went into the bear can while the rest went into a bag buried in the snow. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 9 May 2022",
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"An Irish pub with traditional and non-traditional pub grub . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Doctors counted more than a dozen of the disturbing grub -like critters outside the eyeball and surrounding tissue. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English grubbe , from grubben":"Noun",
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"Middle English grubben ; akin to Old English grafan to dig \u2014 more at grave":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u0259b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bang away",
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"beaver (away)",
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"dig (away)",
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"drudge",
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"endeavor",
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"fag",
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"hump",
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"hustle",
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"labor",
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"moil",
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"peg (away)",
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"plod",
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"plow",
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"plug",
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"slave",
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"slog",
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"strain",
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"strive",
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"struggle",
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"sweat",
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"toil",
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"travail",
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"tug",
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"work"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114028",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"grub hoe":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a heavy hoe for grubbing":[],
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": grub ax":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121438",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"grubby":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"cleanly",
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"immaculate",
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"spick-and-span",
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"spic-and-span",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
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"ultraclean",
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"unsoiled",
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"unstained",
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"unsullied"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": dirty , grimy":[
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"grubby hands"
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],
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": infested with fly maggots":[],
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": slovenly , sloppy":[],
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": worthy of contempt : base":[
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"grubby political motives"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He lives in a grubby little apartment.",
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"clean off those grubby hands before you touch anything",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Tracking how much the city changed from the end of the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties, Dos Passos reveals the grubby underside of industrialization. \u2014 Alice Mcdermott, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
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"Johnson is just the latest prime minister to fail spectacularly at the job, though in his case, in uniquely grubby circumstances. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 6 June 2022",
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"Groups of friends were erecting tepees next to camper vans overflowing with grubby children. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"Everybody\u2019s got some grubby work to do, it\u2019s not the end-all of life. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
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"Tape and grips start out all sparkly clean but get grubby pretty quick. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 17 July 2021",
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"But even without that climactic thrill, the scenery alone would have been worth the price of admission, as DP Simone D\u2019Arcangelo elevates the somewhat grubby cinematography with shots of indescribable beauty. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Or maybe your brown or beige ones got a little grubby ",
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"Art studios are famously grubby but by separating them from the main building, even two years after the latter\u2019s completion, the primary structure remains as immaculate as a hospital operating room. \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1725, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u0259-b\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bedraggled",
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"bemired",
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"besmirched",
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"black",
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"blackened",
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"cruddy",
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"dingy",
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"dirty",
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"draggled",
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"dusty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"grimy",
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"grotty",
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"grungy",
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"mucky",
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"muddy",
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"nasty",
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"smudged",
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"smutty",
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"soiled",
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"sordid",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"unclean",
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"uncleanly"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115421",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"grudge":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a feeling of deep-seated resentment or ill will":[
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"held no grudge against those who mistreated him"
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],
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": to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully":[
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"didn't grudge the time"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"I don't grudge paying my share.",
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"I don't grudge her the opportunities she has been given.",
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"Noun",
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"She still has a grudge against him for the way he treated her in school.",
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"He has nursed a grudge against his former boss for years.",
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"I don't bear him any grudges .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Their party was more likely to eschew deadly and costly violence in favor of grudging compromise and coexistence. \u2014 Caitlin Fitz, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"Corbyn, meanwhile, began to win grudging praise from the guardians of established opinion for his willingness to coordinate the resistance. \u2014 David Graeber, The New York Review of Books , 13 Jan. 2020",
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"Summing up, Nixon called for the Chinese to be bold and not grudging . \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 26 Nov. 2018",
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"Instant coffee, often relegated to brownie recipes and steak rubs, is making a comeback and even winning grudging approval from connoisseurs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Sep. 2019",
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"And finally, a grudging first welcome to \u2026 the new pass interference rule in the regular season. \u2014 Jonathan Jones, SI.com , 5 Sep. 2019",
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"Smith presents a more modulated relationship of mutual if often grudging esteem and uneasy collaboration toward common objectives. \u2014 Jean Edward Smith, Washington Post , 22 Aug. 2019",
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"After initial hesitation, President Obama declared that Assad must go, but without lending more than grudging assistance to rebel groups fighting to achieve that outcome. \u2014 Brian Stewart, National Review , 10 Aug. 2019",
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"But while there is some comic nature to booing and jeers aimed at Smith, there is also grudging respect. \u2014 James Masters, CNN , 11 July 2019",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Dan Chase is living a quiet, off-the-grid life when a major mistake from his past \u2014 involving an Afghani warlord with a decades-old grudge \u2014 sends him back on the run. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
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"Carson Wentz, at least outwardly, doesn't hold a grudge against the Indianapolis Colts or team owner Jim Irsay. \u2014 Scott Horner, USA TODAY , 20 May 2022",
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"After Valerie Solanas, an artist and writer with a grudge against Warhol, shot him in 1968, Marisol left the country. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 May 2022",
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"That\u2019s not exactly a surprising stance from a sorcerer who already has a grudge against Doctor Strange. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Trump has held a grudge against Pence for not going along with his unconstitutional scheme to effectively overturn the 2020 election results. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"Carson Wentz, at least outwardly, doesn't hold a grudge against the Indianapolis Colts or team owner Jim Irsay. \u2014 Scott Horner, USA TODAY , 20 May 2022",
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"Carson Wentz, at least outwardly, doesn't hold a grudge against the Indianapolis Colts or team owner Jim Irsay. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 19 May 2022",
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"Depp denied the accusation, saying Barkin held a grudge against him. \u2014 Mike Miller, EW.com , 12 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English grucchen, grudgen to grumble, complain, from Anglo-French grucer, grucher , of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German grogezen to howl":"Verb",
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"derivative of grudge entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u0259j"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for grudge Noun malice , malevolence , ill will , spite , malignity , spleen , grudge mean the desire to see another experience pain, injury, or distress. malice implies a deep-seated often unexplainable desire to see another suffer. felt no malice toward their former enemies malevolence suggests a bitter persistent hatred that is likely to be expressed in malicious conduct. a look of dark malevolence ill will implies a feeling of antipathy of limited duration. ill will provoked by a careless remark spite implies petty feelings of envy and resentment that are often expressed in small harassments. petty insults inspired by spite malignity implies deep passion and relentlessness. a life consumed by motiveless malignity spleen suggests the wrathful release of latent spite or persistent malice. venting his spleen against politicians grudge implies a harbored feeling of resentment or ill will that seeks satisfaction. never one to harbor a grudge",
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"synonyms":[
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"down",
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"grievance",
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"resentment",
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"score"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103522",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"grudgeful":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": harboring a grudge : full of resentment":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-f\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113247",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"grudgeless":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": free of grudges or resentment":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-l\u0259\u0307s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130011",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"grulla":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a mouse-dun horse":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Mexican Spanish, from Spanish grulla crane, probably alteration of Old Spanish gruya, gr\u00faa , from Latin grus ; from its crane color":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u00fcy\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102910",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"grum":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": morose , glum , sour , surly":[
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"a very grum countenance",
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"\u2014 Mary S. Watts"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably blend of grim and glum":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102652",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun,"
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]
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},
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"grumble":{
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"antonyms":[
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"crow",
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"delight",
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"rejoice"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": growl , rumble":[
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"Thunder grumbled in the distance."
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],
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": to express with grumbling":[
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"grumbled his annoyance"
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],
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": to mutter in discontent":[
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"grumbled about the scarcity of jobs"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"There's been a lot of grumbling among the employees.",
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"Some of the customers have been grumbling about poor service.",
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"Fans grumbled about the team's poor play.",
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"\u201cWhen are we going to leave",
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"We could hear thunder grumbling in the distance.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Employers say the perks are critical to keeping their businesses open as employees grumble about rising gas prices and office return plans. \u2014 Kathryn Dill, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
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"The practice is formally called Public Safety Power Shutoffs, or PSPS, and residents often grumble about being left without electricity. \u2014 Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 June 2022",
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"Still, in a sport that clings so desperately to tradition, purists will grumble . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
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"Longtime lovers of South Africa\u2019s most stylish hideaway, Babylonstoren, grumble that its luster has somewhat tarnished. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Building permits have surged, and the cadre of mostly local builders who had the market more or less to themselves now grumble that the rapid growth has attracted big national builders like D.R. Horton and Toll Brothers. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Feb. 2022",
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"Yes, the broadcast networks will inevitably grumble at the prospect of losing 30 minutes of prime-time revenue for a presidential address. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"When the coerced revision is the renaming of a sports team, people grumble and endure one more affront. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
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"Asked to volunteer in his stead, the men grumble about the near-suicidal odds of success and look away. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1580, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from Middle French grommeler , ultimately from Middle Dutch grommen ; akin to Old High German grimm grim":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u0259m-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"beef",
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"bellyache",
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"bitch",
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"bleat",
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"carp",
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"caterwaul",
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"complain",
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"crab",
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"croak",
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"fuss",
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"gripe",
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"grizzle",
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"grouch",
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"grouse",
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"growl",
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"grump",
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"holler",
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"inveigh",
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"keen",
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"kick",
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"kvetch",
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"maunder",
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"moan",
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"murmur",
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"mutter",
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"nag",
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"repine",
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"scream",
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"squawk",
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"squeal",
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"wail",
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"whimper",
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"whine",
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"whinge",
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"yammer",
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"yawp",
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"yaup",
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"yowl"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084021",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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"grumbling":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a growling or reverberating noise : rumbling":[
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"On a shorter timescale, researchers and governments are working together to detect the first grumblings of an earthquake and alert communities that might be affected.",
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"\u2014 Eva Botkin-Kowacki"
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],
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": a mutter of discontent : complaint":[
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"Operators of bars and restaurants, who hear the first-hand grumblings of customers on the boardwalk, tend to oppose the ordinance.",
|
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"\u2014 Kevin Robinson"
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],
|
|
": expressing discontent especially by muttering":[
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"Meanwhile, grumbling fans wondered why the new coach hadn't hired any Ohioans for his staff.",
|
|
"\u2014 Erick Adelson"
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|
],
|
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": making a low, heavy, rolling sound":[
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"There was no sound, still, but the rushing river and the grumbling , looming storm.",
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"\u2014 Susan Cooper"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u02c8gr\u0259m-b(\u0259-)li\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084232",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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"grump":{
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"antonyms":[
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"beef",
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"bellyache",
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"bitch",
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"bleat",
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"carp",
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"caterwaul",
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"complain",
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"crab",
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"croak",
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"fuss",
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"gripe",
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"grizzle",
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"grouch",
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"grouse",
|
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"growl",
|
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"grumble",
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"holler",
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"inveigh",
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"keen",
|
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"kick",
|
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"kvetch",
|
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"maunder",
|
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"moan",
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"murmur",
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"mutter",
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"nag",
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"repine",
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"scream",
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"squawk",
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"squeal",
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"wail",
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"whimper",
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"whine",
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"whinge",
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"yammer",
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"yawp",
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"yaup",
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"yowl"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a fit of ill humor or sulkiness":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
|
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],
|
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": a person given to complaining":[],
|
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": grumble , complain":[],
|
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": sulk":[],
|
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": to utter in a grumpy manner":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
|
"Our neighbor is an old grump .",
|
|
"a real grump in the morning",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"those incessantly grumping patients were generally ignored by the nursing home staff",
|
|
"he's been grumping about the house all morning because the golf tournament got rained out",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The biggest grump of his generation is also its most charismatic singer and lyricist, a walking contradiction beloved and embraced by generations of Southern Californians \u2014 and tolerated, if that, by meat eaters and immigrant-rights activists. \u2014 Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Olivia Colman is just a sort of constant grump , garnished with the occasional fury. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Oscar-winner Simmons plays Frawley to perfection, allowing just a glimpse of the heart that lies beneath the grump . \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 2 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"And YassifyBot, a Twitter account that often goes viral, gave the world a dirty blond, wrinkle-free, femme version of the Christmas grump . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Yet, as long as price levels remind people each week of price pain that has the power to sustain their grump . \u2014 Paul Swartz, Fortune , 22 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Watch for: Kidman and J.K. Simmons, who makes William Frawley an (unbelievably) adorable grump . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"More importantly, former grump /future husband Phillip (Chris Geere) looks at Kate in a way that will probably start to become more familiar this year. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 25 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"But what Perelman offers us at his best is not a parody of a time gone by, or the notebooks of a grump . \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 24 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"For someone who felt exhausted by putting on a faux-happy face at work every day, the return might be a chance to establish boundaries and a reputation for being an authentic (but still likable) grump . \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz , 13 July 2021",
|
|
"However, George did join William and Kate on their tour of Australia in 2014 and was the grumpiest grump that ever grumped . \u2014 Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire , 24 June 2019",
|
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"Though this year, his little brother might have out grumped him. \u2014 Sally Holmes, Marie Claire , 8 June 2019",
|
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"Regina grumped out of the bedroom and pressed the manual start. \u2014 Neal Pollack, Popular Mechanics , 1 May 2017"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1875, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"obsolete English grumps snubs, slights":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259mp"
|
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bear",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
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"complainer",
|
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"crab",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"croaker",
|
|
"crosspatch",
|
|
"curmudgeon",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouser",
|
|
"growler",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"murmurer",
|
|
"mutterer",
|
|
"sourpuss",
|
|
"whiner"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122239",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"grumph":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": grump":[],
|
|
": grunt":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"imitative":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259m(p)f",
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123030",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"grub ax":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mattock used in grubbing":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
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|
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|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142101"
|
|
},
|
|
"grubber":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to clear by digging up roots and stumps":[],
|
|
": to dig up by or as if by the roots":[],
|
|
": to dig in the ground especially for something that is difficult to find or extract":[],
|
|
": to search about":[
|
|
"grubbed in the countryside for food",
|
|
"\u2014 Lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
": toil , drudge":[
|
|
"grubbing along at newspaper jobs",
|
|
"\u2014 Walter Kirn"
|
|
],
|
|
": a soft thick wormlike larva of an insect (such as a beetle)":[],
|
|
": one who does menial work : drudge":[],
|
|
": a slovenly person":[],
|
|
": food":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang away",
|
|
"beaver (away)",
|
|
"dig (away)",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"comestibles",
|
|
"eatables",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"edibles",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"food",
|
|
"foodstuffs",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"provender",
|
|
"provisions",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tucker",
|
|
"viands",
|
|
"victuals",
|
|
"vittles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"Everyone was grubbing for whatever food they could find.",
|
|
"students grubbing for better grades",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"Let's go get some grub .",
|
|
"after the game, we headed to the diner for some hearty grub",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"No henchmen of adversarial intelligence services or money- grubbing fraudsters are going to abide by such a magnanimous international accord\u2014even if governments or corporations pay it lip service. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"In its prickliness and insistence on the messiness and ineluctable pain of life, this is very different from the pandering, gold- grubbing titles that tend to hit theaters starting around now. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 26 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Get our daily newsletter China\u2019s freewheeling internet users hand plenty of precious information over to the country\u2019s data- grubbing apps. \u2014 The Economist , 7 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Sonny\u2019s Everyman tale revives the hope that cinema might still be a popular art form, even as the movie year heads into its ugliest, platitudinous, awards- grubbing phase. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 6 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Enter Maximus Worthington, a money- grubbing real estate tycoon danced by CTT artistic director and lead choreographer Mark Yonally, who promises big profits for DRC by using a trickle-down model. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 9 June 2019",
|
|
"In an interview with People, the 48-year-old opened up about her go-to grub . \u2014 Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living , 3 May 2019",
|
|
"The amateur hunters and the independent and commercial hunters aren\u2019t all venal, money- grubbing opportunists. \u2014 Rachel Becker, The Verge , 15 Oct. 2018",
|
|
"Eleven-year-old Nan works with a gang of other kids her age, and younger, as a chimney sweep for a money- grubbing sadist named Wilkie Crudd. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 20 Sep. 2018",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"As long as the grub and grog kept comin\u2019, and as long as everyone had a few turns gripping and ripping. \u2014 Michael Mcknight, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Camaraderie was built over sharing a cold brew and some grub in a communal space, and the often beer-only bars soon fell into a category of their own. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s a new taproom and Atmosphere Kitchen, featuring elevated pub grub , tapas-style. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Five Iron Golf will provide clubs, grub at new indoor facility Downtown Last year, Golfweek listed the best public courses in each state. \u2014 Joe Harrington, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"The food is simple beer garden grub : totchos, brats, giant pretzels and spicy chicken thighs. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"Half the grub went into the bear can while the rest went into a bag buried in the snow. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"An Irish pub with traditional and non-traditional pub grub . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Doctors counted more than a dozen of the disturbing grub -like critters outside the eyeball and surrounding tissue. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English grubben ; akin to Old English grafan to dig \u2014 more at grave":"Verb",
|
|
"Middle English grubbe , from grubben":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145202"
|
|
},
|
|
"grumbler":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to mutter in discontent":[
|
|
"grumbled about the scarcity of jobs"
|
|
],
|
|
": growl , rumble":[
|
|
"Thunder grumbled in the distance."
|
|
],
|
|
": to express with grumbling":[
|
|
"grumbled his annoyance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259m-b\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"rejoice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There's been a lot of grumbling among the employees.",
|
|
"Some of the customers have been grumbling about poor service.",
|
|
"Fans grumbled about the team's poor play.",
|
|
"\u201cWhen are we going to leave",
|
|
"We could hear thunder grumbling in the distance.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Employers say the perks are critical to keeping their businesses open as employees grumble about rising gas prices and office return plans. \u2014 Kathryn Dill, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"The practice is formally called Public Safety Power Shutoffs, or PSPS, and residents often grumble about being left without electricity. \u2014 Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Still, in a sport that clings so desperately to tradition, purists will grumble . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Longtime lovers of South Africa\u2019s most stylish hideaway, Babylonstoren, grumble that its luster has somewhat tarnished. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Building permits have surged, and the cadre of mostly local builders who had the market more or less to themselves now grumble that the rapid growth has attracted big national builders like D.R. Horton and Toll Brothers. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Yes, the broadcast networks will inevitably grumble at the prospect of losing 30 minutes of prime-time revenue for a presidential address. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"When the coerced revision is the renaming of a sports team, people grumble and endure one more affront. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Asked to volunteer in his stead, the men grumble about the near-suicidal odds of success and look away. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from Middle French grommeler , ultimately from Middle Dutch grommen ; akin to Old High German grimm grim":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1580, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152340"
|
|
},
|
|
"grubble":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": grope":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259b\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably alteration (influenced by grub entry 1 ) of grabble":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152917"
|
|
},
|
|
"grunt":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to utter a grunt":[],
|
|
": to utter with a grunt":[],
|
|
": the deep short sound characteristic of a hog":[],
|
|
": a similar sound":[],
|
|
": any of a family (Haemulidae synonym Pomadasyidae) of chiefly tropical marine bony fishes":[],
|
|
": a dessert made by dropping biscuit dough on top of boiling berries and steaming":[
|
|
"blueberry grunt"
|
|
],
|
|
": a U.S. army or marine foot soldier especially in the Vietnam War":[],
|
|
": one who does routine unglamorous work":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used attributively grunt work"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259nt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunter",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"muttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The workers were grunting with effort as they lifted the heavy furniture.",
|
|
"She grunted a few words in reply, then turned and walked away.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the grunt of a pig",
|
|
"I could hear the grunts of the movers as they lifted the heavy furniture.",
|
|
"He answered her with a grunt .",
|
|
"He was a grunt who worked his way up to become an officer.",
|
|
"He's just a grunt in the attorney's office.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"These specialists do grunt work that is critical to empowering artificial intelligence systems to handle complex tasks like driving safely down a city street. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Sabrina retreated into the hallway and began to grunt . \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
|
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"High school didn't serve up much adventure, so Devin Murphy signed up to do grunt work on expedition ships that sailed to Alaska, Iceland, Antarctica, and other far-flung places. \u2014 Devin Murphy, Outside Online , 19 Jan. 2021",
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"Even the maxim that lifting is good only for getting big has been routinely undermined by a new legion of fitness instructors; women who were once cautioned against handling anything mightier than a hand weight now grunt and pull with abandon. \u2014 Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"And if your camels grunt and run away, take the hint. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 21 Oct. 2021",
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"The gymnasts do not grunt with effort like the women who spin like a top and fling the hammer or discus far into the distance. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Aug. 2021",
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"Eleven family members work full time, while the fourth generation does grunt work during their summer vacations as a reminder of where the family came from. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2021",
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"Patricia began as a Patriots grunt in 2004 (putting aside his degree in aeronautical engineering from RPI), and Belichick was his most vocal supporter before and after Patricia got the job as Lions head coach in 2018. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"That\u2019s a whole lot of grunt , and because of this, the vehicle will be able to rocket from zero to 60 mph in a blistering 1.9 seconds, run the quarter-mile in 9.0 seconds and hit a top speed of over 200 mph. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 30 June 2022",
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"Missing in action, Games 1-7: the one guy among the dozen Boston forwards willing to stand in there, take a beating, do the grunt work needed to mash 6 oz. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
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"There simply isn\u2019t the grunt there to get the most out of an action movie. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
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"Of course, Ferrari\u2019s first badged V-6 is by no means short on grunt . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"These heavy beasts need the power because all that weight requires some serious grunt . \u2014 Nicholas Wallace, Car and Driver , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"As for grunt , El Caran is equipped with twin 824 hp MTU engines that give her a top speed of 12 knots, a cruising speed of 10 knots and a range of 3,800 nautical miles. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 17 May 2022",
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"Keeping with the danger theme, Henry lands with a thud and audible grunt at different times and on varied painful surfaces: floors, rocks, car roofs. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 13 May 2022",
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"Leapfrogging cars ahead and squirting into gaps in traffic is theme-park fun, and the grunt doesn't tail off at extralegal speeds. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"Middle English, from Old English grunnettan , frequentative of grunian , of imitative origin":"Verb",
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"derivative of grunt entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
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"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"noun",
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": the deep short sound characteristic of a hog":[],
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": a similar sound":[],
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": any of a family (Haemulidae synonym Pomadasyidae) of chiefly tropical marine bony fishes":[],
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": a dessert made by dropping biscuit dough on top of boiling berries and steaming":[
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"blueberry grunt"
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],
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": a U.S. army or marine foot soldier especially in the Vietnam War":[],
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": one who does routine unglamorous work":[
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"\u2014 often used attributively grunt work"
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},
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"\u02c8gr\u0259nt"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chunter",
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"mouth",
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"mumble",
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"murmur",
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"mutter"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"grunting",
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"mumble",
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"murmur",
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"murmuring",
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"mutter",
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"muttering"
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The workers were grunting with effort as they lifted the heavy furniture.",
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"She grunted a few words in reply, then turned and walked away.",
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"Noun",
|
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"the grunt of a pig",
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"I could hear the grunts of the movers as they lifted the heavy furniture.",
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"He answered her with a grunt .",
|
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"He was a grunt who worked his way up to become an officer.",
|
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"He's just a grunt in the attorney's office.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"These specialists do grunt work that is critical to empowering artificial intelligence systems to handle complex tasks like driving safely down a city street. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 29 June 2022",
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"Sabrina retreated into the hallway and began to grunt . \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
|
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"High school didn't serve up much adventure, so Devin Murphy signed up to do grunt work on expedition ships that sailed to Alaska, Iceland, Antarctica, and other far-flung places. \u2014 Devin Murphy, Outside Online , 19 Jan. 2021",
|
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"Even the maxim that lifting is good only for getting big has been routinely undermined by a new legion of fitness instructors; women who were once cautioned against handling anything mightier than a hand weight now grunt and pull with abandon. \u2014 Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
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"And if your camels grunt and run away, take the hint. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 21 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The gymnasts do not grunt with effort like the women who spin like a top and fling the hammer or discus far into the distance. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Aug. 2021",
|
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"Eleven family members work full time, while the fourth generation does grunt work during their summer vacations as a reminder of where the family came from. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2021",
|
|
"Patricia began as a Patriots grunt in 2004 (putting aside his degree in aeronautical engineering from RPI), and Belichick was his most vocal supporter before and after Patricia got the job as Lions head coach in 2018. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"That\u2019s a whole lot of grunt , and because of this, the vehicle will be able to rocket from zero to 60 mph in a blistering 1.9 seconds, run the quarter-mile in 9.0 seconds and hit a top speed of over 200 mph. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Missing in action, Games 1-7: the one guy among the dozen Boston forwards willing to stand in there, take a beating, do the grunt work needed to mash 6 oz. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"There simply isn\u2019t the grunt there to get the most out of an action movie. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
|
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"Of course, Ferrari\u2019s first badged V-6 is by no means short on grunt . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
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"These heavy beasts need the power because all that weight requires some serious grunt . \u2014 Nicholas Wallace, Car and Driver , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
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"As for grunt , El Caran is equipped with twin 824 hp MTU engines that give her a top speed of 12 knots, a cruising speed of 10 knots and a range of 3,800 nautical miles. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 17 May 2022",
|
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"Keeping with the danger theme, Henry lands with a thud and audible grunt at different times and on varied painful surfaces: floors, rocks, car roofs. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 13 May 2022",
|
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"Leapfrogging cars ahead and squirting into gaps in traffic is theme-park fun, and the grunt doesn't tail off at extralegal speeds. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English grunnettan , frequentative of grunian , of imitative origin":"Verb",
|
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"derivative of grunt entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
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"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153509"
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},
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"grungy":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": shabby or dirty in character or condition":[],
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": characteristic of grunge music or fashion":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u0259n-j\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bedraggled",
|
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"bemired",
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"besmirched",
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"black",
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"blackened",
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"cruddy",
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"dingy",
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"dirty",
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"draggled",
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"dusty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"grimy",
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"grotty",
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"grubby",
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"mucky",
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"muddy",
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"nasty",
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"smudged",
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"smutty",
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"soiled",
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"sordid",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"unclean",
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"uncleanly"
|
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"cleanly",
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"immaculate",
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"spick-and-span",
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"spic-and-span",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
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"ultraclean",
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"unsoiled",
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"unstained",
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"unsullied"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"After working in the garden all day, I felt sweaty and grungy .",
|
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"a grungy pair of jeans",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On one hand, Fela Kuti\u2019s Afrobeat sound shares stylistic similarities with Nigerian rock: percussive rhythms, and grungy electric guitar and organ work. \u2014 Ama Udofa, Rolling Stone , 19 June 2022",
|
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"When the coffee table's white tile and grout look a bit grungy , Joseph simply wipes it down with Borax and warm water. \u2014 Joseph Wanek, Better Homes & Gardens , 4 May 2022",
|
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"Pieces of electrical tape mark three Xs on the grungy tan floor at Sun Studio. \u2014 Ken Budd, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
|
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"Denim platforms can be grungy in one look, sweetly rustic with the next. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
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"For the debut ready-to-wear show for her label AISH, Jean Hsia mixed wild west references with a hint of retro; highlights included deconstructed denim, chiffon, and soft yet grungy textured layers. \u2014 Leslie Sun, Vogue , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Providing her support was a four-piece, all-female band, who were each wearing all-white outfits, and offered an alternately sweet and grungy rendition of the post-breakup anthem. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"On this Monday in February, they have been plucked from their grungy fantasyland and dropped into a rented film studio in South Brooklyn. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Wood pointed to the 1980s and \u201890s, a time when heavy metal artists wore grungy outfits with Converse sneakers. \u2014 Alexis Benveniste, New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022"
|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155146"
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},
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"grubworm":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": grub":[]
|
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},
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|
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|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155408"
|
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},
|
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"Grubbs":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"Robert H(oward) 1942\u20132021 American chemist":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259bz"
|
|
],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162650"
|
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|
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"gruntle":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": to put in a good humor":[
|
|
"were gruntled with a good meal and good conversation",
|
|
"\u2014 W. P. Webb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8gr\u0259n-t\u1d4al"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"back-formation from disgruntle":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163152"
|
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},
|
|
"grub hook":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an implement resembling a plow for uprooting stumps":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165127"
|
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},
|
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"grumous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": resembling or containing grume : thick , clotted":[
|
|
"grumous blood"
|
|
],
|
|
": grumose":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-m\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"grume + -ous":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180836"
|
|
},
|
|
"grunge":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one that is grungy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259nj"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"I'm a fan of grunge .",
|
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"I cleared the grunge out of the drains.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The piece could just have easily been describing grunge . \u2014 Peter Rubin, Longreads , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Growing up my musical palette ranged from indie/alternative rock, emo/hardcore, grunge , psych rock, and post-punk. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Its about having distressed denim, grunge , and vintage washes. \u2014 Nadja Sayej, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"As a loyal brunette, the model is known to incorporate things like bright colors, grunge braids, and zig-zag parts into her hair aesthetic throughout the years. \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Spin back about 24 hours to get to the unlikely series of events that led this Tamalpais High School senior to share Friday night\u2019s stage with one of the most steadfast bands still kicking from Seattle\u2019s grunge movement. \u2014 Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"The Seattle grunge scene found critical success in the 1990s, by which time the Screaming Trees were a key player but not a marquee act. \u2014 Alyssa Lukpat, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"There was a window in which grunge looked like it, too, would win, but in the end, hip-hop pulled ahead, something Tobman considered. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"At the turn of the millennium, as technology took off at warp speed, the minimalism and grunge that dominated the \u201990s gave way to flashy hues, metallic shine, and unabashed individuality. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 31 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"back-formation from grungy":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181216"
|
|
},
|
|
"gruff":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect":[
|
|
"a gruff reply"
|
|
],
|
|
": being deep and harsh : hoarse":[
|
|
"a gruff voice"
|
|
],
|
|
": to utter in a gruff voice or manner":[
|
|
"\"Get out of bed now!\" gruffed the sergeant."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259f"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"croaky",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"gravelly",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"scratchy",
|
|
"throaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for gruff Adjective bluff , blunt , brusque , curt , crusty , gruff mean abrupt and unceremonious in speech and manner. bluff connotes good-natured outspokenness and unconventionality. a bluff manner blunt suggests directness of expression in disregard of others' feelings. a blunt appraisal brusque applies to a sharpness or ungraciousness. a brusque response curt implies disconcerting shortness or rude conciseness. a curt command crusty suggests a harsh or surly manner sometimes concealing an inner kindliness. a crusty exterior gruff suggests a hoarse or husky speech which may imply bad temper but more often implies embarrassment or shyness. puts on a gruff pose",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Adjective",
|
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"Don't be fooled by his gruff manner\u2014he's really very kind.",
|
|
"He spoke in a gruff voice.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Hernandez was a gruff old guy, and a heavy drinker, but Anarchy Row is a relatively welcoming place. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 23 June 2022",
|
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"Some of the most poignant scenes portray the unlikely friendship that develops between Issam and Frank (Mark Camacho), the family\u2019s initially gruff sponsor. \u2014 Vanessa H. Larson, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
|
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"Paul Folkestad, another chef instructor at Western Culinary, said Brophy\u2019s gruff exterior alienated some students, while others cherished him. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 May 2022",
|
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"Tuscans have a reputation for being rough and gruff , and Collodi\u2014habitually wry, sardonic, iconoclastic\u2014was an excellent representative of his province. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
|
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"One of those gruff -but-amiable types, Schroeder punctuates his sentences with loud, quick laughs that echo across the waters of the lagoon. \u2014 Matt Tunseth For The Daily News, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
|
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"With his gruff , tough-talking persona, Ray Liotta created numerous scenes throughout his career, but one stood out early on that showcased his superstardom. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 26 May 2022",
|
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"Voiced by Will Arnett, the gruff , middle-aged, overweight Peter Pan is one of the film\u2019s antagonists. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
|
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"The series follows the titular Boys, a group of vigilantes led by the gruff Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) seeking to take down Vought, and the premier superhero team the Seven, lead by the sadistic Homelander (Antony Starr). \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 16 May 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Devs, normally gruff with his postgame talks, couldn\u2019t hide his pleasure. \u2014 James Hookway, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
|
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"Pompeo, often gruff in interactions with reporters, is a skilled retail politician and, although not a soaring orator, is adept at holding an audience\u2019s attention. \u2014 David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner , 2 Mar. 2021"
|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Dutch grof ; akin to Old High German grob coarse, hruf scurf \u2014 more at dandruff":"Adjective",
|
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"derivative of gruff entry 1":"Verb"
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
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"1706, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181913"
|
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},
|
|
"grumose":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": formed of clustered grains or granules":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8gr\u00fc\u02ccm\u014ds"
|
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],
|
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"examples":[],
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"grum ous + -ose":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184509"
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"grume":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{},
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"\u02c8gr\u00fcm"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French grume, grumeau , from Middle French grumeau , from Old French, from Latin grumus hillock, pile of dirt":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184521"
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"grumichama":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"modification of Portuguese grumixama, grumuchama":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185301"
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},
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"Grub Street":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the world or category of needy literary hacks":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u0259b-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Grub Street , London, formerly inhabited by literary hacks":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1630, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190505"
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},
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"grugru":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several tropical American spiny palms (as the West Indian Acrocomia aculeata and the Brazilian A. sclerocarpa )":[],
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": a large edible grub that is the larva of certain tropical American weevils (genus Rhyncophorus ) and that develops in and feeds on the pith of coconut and other palm trees and sometimes sugarcane":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u00fc(\u02cc)gr\u00fc"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"American Spanish (Puerto Rico) grugr\u00fa , of Cariban origin; akin to Yao grugru , literally, basket made of grugru":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192708"
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},
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"gruesome":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly":[
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"gruesome stories of wounded comrades"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u00fc-s\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appalling",
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"atrocious",
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"awful",
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"dreadful",
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"frightful",
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"ghastly",
|
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"grisly",
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"hideous",
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"horrendous",
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"horrible",
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"horrid",
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"horrific",
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"horrifying",
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"lurid",
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"macabre",
|
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"monstrous",
|
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"nightmare",
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"nightmarish",
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"shocking",
|
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"terrible",
|
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"terrific"
|
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for gruesome ghastly , grisly , gruesome , macabre , lurid mean horrifying and repellent in appearance or aspect. ghastly suggests the terrifying aspects of corpses and ghosts. a ghastly accident grisly and gruesome suggest additionally the results of extreme violence or cruelty. an unusually grisly murder suffered a gruesome death macabre implies a morbid preoccupation with the physical aspects of death. a macabre tale of premature burial lurid adds to gruesome the suggestion of shuddering fascination with violent death and especially with murder. the lurid details of a crime",
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"examples":[
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"The police report described the scene in gruesome detail.",
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"didn't stick around to hear the gruesome details of the car accident",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Russian state television daily depicts a West in disarray and decline, a propaganda effort helped along by gruesome real-life events such as mass shootings in the United States and the drumbeat of revelations over the Capitol insurrection in 2021. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
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"Drew Gilpin Faust on the Civil War; David W. Blight on Frederick Douglass; Charles E. Rosenberg on gruesome diseases. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
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"The Melanie McGuire Story is the latest Lifetime drama that tells the story of a nurse with murder on her mind, and is based on the true story of Melanie McGuire, who was convicted of killing her husband in gruesome fashion. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
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"The stakes are high, but not quite as deadly as the series \u2014 the most gruesome fate will be returning home empty-handed. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
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"There's a bit of gruesome history linking bulls and bears in this way. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 14 June 2022",
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"The mounting evidence of war crimes and gruesome images of bodies lying in the streets of Bucha, in Kyiv\u2019s suburbs, spurred the 27-nation bloc to announce a phaseout of Russian coal and debate an oil embargo. \u2014 Ellen Francis, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
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"The gruesome work of digging up the remains coincided with the Ukrainian police chief\u2019s report that authorities have opened criminal investigations into the killings of more than 12,000 people since Russia\u2019 invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
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"Weddle just won a Super Bowl, while Smith is less than two years removed from a 16-year NFL career that included a remarkable, high-profile comeback in 2020 from a gruesome 2018 leg injury that nearly cost him his life. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration of earlier growsome , from English dialect grow, grue to shiver, from Middle English gruen , probably from Middle Dutch gr\u016bwen ; akin to Old High German in gr\u016b\u0113n to shiver":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1700, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201231"
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},
|
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"Grues":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a suborder of Gruiformes consisting of the cranes, limpkins, trumpeters, rails, and a few chiefly extinct related forms":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u00fc(\u02cc)\u0113z"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, plural of Grus":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202657"
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},
|
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"grubstake":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": supplies or funds furnished a mining prospector on promise of a share in his discoveries":[],
|
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": material assistance (such as a loan) provided for launching an enterprise or for a person in difficult circumstances":[],
|
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": to provide with a grubstake":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8gr\u0259b-\u02ccst\u0101k"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"If someone needed a grubstake , Mother White was there. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Mar. 2022",
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"Private capital was a bank loan, a contract between a borrower and lender, or a grubstake raised from family members, friends or business associates. \u2014 The Economist , 4 July 2019",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"Out of cash, Steen reluctantly abandoned grubstaking to work as a carpenter in Tucson, Arizona, for a year, but the uranium called to him. \u2014 Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver , 27 July 2017"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203602"
|
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},
|
|
"grumpiness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": moodily cross : surly":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259m-p\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
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"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
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"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
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"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
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"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Our neighbor is a grumpy old man.",
|
|
"I was feeling grumpy after my long flight.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Cryin lead guitarist Laur Joamets, formerly with Americana grumpy -pants Sturgill Simpson, shredded impressively throughout the set. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Among their squashes: Grumpkin, who looks grumpy , and Drunkin, whose long pinhead looks tipsy. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Meet the grumpy dog who hilariously refuses to participate in his hydrotherapy sessions. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Haymen stars in My Neighbor Adolf as a grumpy Holocaust survivor living in Columbia in 1960, in the period just after Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann was caught by Mossad agents in Argentina. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Tom Hanks stars as a grumpy old man in a film that sees his character unexpectedly striking up a friendship with his neighbors. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Even the great Francis Guinan, playing the grumpy King of France, demurs to this life force. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"Police were called to a home at 11:49 a.m. April 15 where a grumpy pit bull was hanging out in a woman\u2019s yard. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Cairo wouldn't stay grumpy for long, however, thanks to Grandma Darlene. \u2014 Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com , 18 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1778, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205309"
|
|
},
|
|
"grudge match":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a contest or fight between players, teams, etc., who dislike each other":[
|
|
"The race had turned into a grudge match between the two teams."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210201"
|
|
},
|
|
"grumpish":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": grumpy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259mpish",
|
|
"-p\u0113sh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"grump entry 1 + -ish":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211614"
|
|
},
|
|
"grumpy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": moodily cross : surly":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259m-p\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Our neighbor is a grumpy old man.",
|
|
"I was feeling grumpy after my long flight.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Cryin lead guitarist Laur Joamets, formerly with Americana grumpy -pants Sturgill Simpson, shredded impressively throughout the set. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Among their squashes: Grumpkin, who looks grumpy , and Drunkin, whose long pinhead looks tipsy. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Meet the grumpy dog who hilariously refuses to participate in his hydrotherapy sessions. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Haymen stars in My Neighbor Adolf as a grumpy Holocaust survivor living in Columbia in 1960, in the period just after Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann was caught by Mossad agents in Argentina. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Tom Hanks stars as a grumpy old man in a film that sees his character unexpectedly striking up a friendship with his neighbors. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Even the great Francis Guinan, playing the grumpy King of France, demurs to this life force. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"Police were called to a home at 11:49 a.m. April 15 where a grumpy pit bull was hanging out in a woman\u2019s yard. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Cairo wouldn't stay grumpy for long, however, thanks to Grandma Darlene. \u2014 Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com , 18 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1778, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220914"
|
|
},
|
|
"gruntled":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": in good humor : happy , contented":[
|
|
"Once, he was gruntled \u2014a wife and a kid, a good job\u2014but because he devoted too much time to the latter, the formers packed up and left.",
|
|
"\u2014 Steven Rea",
|
|
"The play will be directed by Sean Foley who said he was \"thrilled\" by the challenge of re-creating Wodehouse's world on stage. He said: \"We all aim to create a wonderful, funny evening in the theatre that will leave existing fans of Wodehouse, and a new generation of enthusiasts, positively gruntled .\"",
|
|
"\u2014 The Belfast Telegraph Online",
|
|
"I returned to my interrupted slumber in a mood far from gruntled .",
|
|
"\u2014 Lawrence Sanders"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259n-t\u1d4ald"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"back-formation from disgruntled":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221241"
|
|
},
|
|
"grub screw":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small headless screw that is slotted at one end to receive a screwdriver and when placed in a continuous threaded hole between two adjacent pieces prevents lateral movement":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221843"
|
|
},
|
|
"grumphie":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-m(p)fi",
|
|
"-mpi"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"grumph entry 1 + -ie":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011144"
|
|
},
|
|
"grubless":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lacking food":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-bl\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012141"
|
|
},
|
|
"grumly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": turbid and troubled":[
|
|
"cold and watery grew the wind and grumly grew the sea",
|
|
"\u2014 Sir Patrick Spens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259mli"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from obsolete English grummel sediment, dregs (probably of Scandinavian origin) + English -y ; akin to Swedish grummel sediment, dregs":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013601"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gruidae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a family (order Gruiformes ) of long-legged wading birds comprising the cranes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u00fc\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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"examples":[],
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"New Latin, from Grus , type genus + -idae":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025333"
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"grunion":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a silverside ( Leuresthes tenuis ) of the California coast notable for the regularity with which it comes inshore to spawn at nearly full moon":[]
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},
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"\u02c8gr\u0259n-y\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The next grunion run is expected to happen in San Pedro on June 16. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
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"How the grunion know when to run remains a mystery. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
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"This aquarium, a San Pedro landmark that dates to the 1930s, covers everything from grunion to whales. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Nov. 2021",
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"Check out more information about grunion from the California Department of Fish & Wildlife. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 8 July 2021",
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"In addition to public safety, monitors will watch for signs of any sea turtles or grunion , the fish that spawn on the sand, during the dredging. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Oct. 2020",
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"In Southern California, residents are missing the annual ritual of the grunion runs \u2014 a spectacle of chasing the slender, sardine-like fish that show up on California\u2019s sandy shores each year. \u2014 Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times , 12 Apr. 2020",
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"To catch grunion , a California fishing license is required for anyone 16 and older, and no holes may be dug in the beach to entrap them, according to the department. \u2014 Daily Pilot Staff, latimes.com , 13 June 2019",
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"Ocean fishing turns up perch, corbina, croaker, cabezon, shovel-nose guitar fish and sand shark \u2014 and on full moons in summer \u2014 bare-handed hunting for California grunion , which spawn on sandy SoCal beaches (fishing permit required). \u2014 Roy M. Wallack, latimes.com , 26 June 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from Spanish gru\u00f1\u00f3n grunter":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1917, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051258"
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},
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"grudging":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": unwilling , reluctant":[
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"a grudging supporter of the reform movement",
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"a grudging admirer"
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],
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": done, given, or allowed unwillingly, reluctantly, or sparingly":[
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"grudging compliance"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u0259-ji\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Her theories have begun to win grudging acceptance in the scientific community.",
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"He has earned the grudging admiration of his rivals.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Some of Trump\u2019s allies, who testified reluctantly under subpoena, have expressed a grudging admiration of the production values. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
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"As Carmy nudges them, he is met with grudging respect by some of the veterans, and by open hostility from Richie (a convincingly belligerent Ebon Moss-Bachrach), who has been manager for a long time despite his bad temper and sloppy methods. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
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"Both of those outlays were made within months of Trump\u2019s grudging departure from the White House. \u2014 David Owen, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
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"Beijing won\u2019t achieve its goal of 5.5% growth in gross domestic product this year, and that target already represented a grudging concession to economic gravity when it was announced. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
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"Thirty-seven hundred dollars was more like a grudging acceptance that the men worked at all. \u2014 Michael Scott Moore, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
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"The can\u2019t-stand-the-other-guy vote, the grudging hold-your nose-vote, is one way that democracies are supposed to work. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Using their respective daughters as pawns, Mrs. Russell secured not only Astor's grudging assent to attend her lavish ball, but got her to arm-twist those within her social circle to join in as well. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Among the film\u2019s most piercing scenes are a couple of doozies set in the local watering hole, where Leslie gravitates to slake her thirst and to escape the judgment of her grudging hosts. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from present participle of grudge entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051626"
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},
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"grubroot":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a blazing star ( Chamaelirium luteum ) with small white star-shaped flowers in a narrow raceme":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060556"
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},
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"grudgingness":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality or state of being grudging":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072311"
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},
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"grun":{
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": grind entry 1":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u0259n",
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"\"",
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"\u02c8gru\u0307n"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"by alteration":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105256"
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},
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"gruelling":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing":[
|
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"a grueling race"
|
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8gr\u00fc-\u0259-li\u014b"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arduous",
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"Augean",
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"backbreaking",
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"challenging",
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"demanding",
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"difficult",
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"effortful",
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"exacting",
|
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"formidable",
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"hard",
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|
"heavy",
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"hellacious",
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"herculean",
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"killer",
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"laborious",
|
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"moiling",
|
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"murderous",
|
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"pick-and-shovel",
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"rigorous",
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"rough",
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|
"rugged",
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"severe",
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"stiff",
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"strenuous",
|
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"sweaty",
|
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"tall",
|
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"testing",
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"toilsome",
|
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"tough",
|
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"uphill"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
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"effortless",
|
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"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
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"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
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"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"running a marathon is grueling",
|
|
"cutting diamonds can be grueling work",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Ukrainian soldiers returning from the front lines in eastern Ukraine\u2019s Donbas region \u2014 where Russia is waging a fierce offensive \u2014 describe life during what has turned into a grueling war of attrition as apocalyptic. \u2014 Francesca Ebel, Anchorage Daily News , 5 July 2022",
|
|
"Riders gathered in Banff, Alberta, to set off on the grueling course. \u2014 New York Times , 4 July 2022",
|
|
"Read more about how Hubbard has built a successful advocacy model that could potentially translate to other red states, and the grueling lobbying fight to come next year in my new story out this morning. \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 3 July 2022",
|
|
"The Academy included a grueling physical fitness training component that tested participants\u2019 physical health. \u2014 Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"Kyiv officials say such weaponry is their best hope to defeat the Russians in what has become a grueling war of attrition. \u2014 Stephen Kalin, WSJ , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Filming Keep Breathing was a welcome but grueling challenge for Barrera. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"After visits from the governor and First Lady, towns recovering from a natural disaster face a grueling , monotonous, years-long effort of cleanup, recovery and rebuilding outside the spotlight. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"The show starred Nick Cordero, who died after a grueling battle with COVID-19 in July 2020 at age 41. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from present participle of obsolete gruel to exhaust, punish, from gruel , noun":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1852, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123326"
|
|
},
|
|
"gruiform":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": resembling a crane":[],
|
|
": of or relating to the Gruiformes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"in sense 1, from Latin grus crane + English -iform ; in sense 2, from New Latin Gruiformes":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151056"
|
|
},
|
|
"gruelly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having the consistency of gruel : like gruel":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"pronunciation at gruel + \u0113 or i"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160019"
|
|
},
|
|
"grueling":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing":[
|
|
"a grueling race"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u00fc-\u0259-li\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
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"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"running a marathon is grueling",
|
|
"cutting diamonds can be grueling work",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Ukrainian soldiers returning from the front lines in eastern Ukraine\u2019s Donbas region \u2014 where Russia is waging a fierce offensive \u2014 describe life during what has turned into a grueling war of attrition as apocalyptic. \u2014 Francesca Ebel, Anchorage Daily News , 5 July 2022",
|
|
"Riders gathered in Banff, Alberta, to set off on the grueling course. \u2014 New York Times , 4 July 2022",
|
|
"Read more about how Hubbard has built a successful advocacy model that could potentially translate to other red states, and the grueling lobbying fight to come next year in my new story out this morning. \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 3 July 2022",
|
|
"The Academy included a grueling physical fitness training component that tested participants\u2019 physical health. \u2014 Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune , 2 July 2022",
|
|
"Kyiv officials say such weaponry is their best hope to defeat the Russians in what has become a grueling war of attrition. \u2014 Stephen Kalin, WSJ , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Filming Keep Breathing was a welcome but grueling challenge for Barrera. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"After visits from the governor and First Lady, towns recovering from a natural disaster face a grueling , monotonous, years-long effort of cleanup, recovery and rebuilding outside the spotlight. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
|
|
"The show starred Nick Cordero, who died after a grueling battle with COVID-19 in July 2020 at age 41. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from present participle of obsolete gruel to exhaust, punish, from gruel , noun":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1852, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180529"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gruiformes":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a nearly cosmopolitan order of birds that are typically marsh-dwelling and wading birds with long legs, neck, and bill and rather heavy flight and that include the cranes, rails and coots, bustards, and a number of related tropical birds \u2014 see cariama":[]
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Grus + -iformes":""
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183754"
|
|
},
|
|
"gruine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": belonging to or resembling the cranes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u00fc\u0259\u0307n",
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u00fc\u02cc\u012bn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin grus crane + English -ine":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184147"
|
|
},
|
|
"gruppetto":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a 16th century musical ornamentation having the character of a trill":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"gr\u00fc\u02c8pet(\u02cc)\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Italian, literally, small group, diminutive of gruppo":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220958"
|
|
},
|
|
"gruel":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a thin porridge":[],
|
|
": punishment":[],
|
|
": something that lacks substance or significance":[
|
|
"the argument was thin gruel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u00fc-\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The options for startups forced to raise money in down markets are so much thin gruel . \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Hazan, meanwhile, only knew how to make gruel for pigs. \u2014 Mayukh Sen, The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"And if this is the strongest stuff that Durham has, that's pretty thin gruel . \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 17 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The result, at worst, is work that reinforces reactionary ideologies, and, at best, is a kind of tasteless gruel that leaves no real impression behind. \u2014 Reid Mccarter, Wired , 4 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Their entire lives, these students had been fed the thin gruel of schooling without substance and readings without meaning in a system intended to train working cogs instead of designed to form decent and spirited people. \u2014 Jeremy Tate, National Review , 6 May 2021",
|
|
"Seavey asked of a white dog who ate its pile of meat- gruel with exceptional neatness, leaving nothing but a tidy stain on the snow. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"That\u2019s pretty thin gruel compared with the Nasdaq initiative, suggesting that the exchange may have to fall into line now that Nasdaq has set the pace. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Guards beat and sometimes killed their captives, who lived on a rice gruel that occasionally included bits of fish. \u2014 Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com , 25 May 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English grewel , from Anglo-French gruel , of Germanic origin; akin to Old English gr\u016bt grout":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232828"
|
|
},
|
|
"gruppo":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": gruppetto":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u00fc(\u02cc)p\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Italian, group":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000428"
|
|
},
|
|
"grue":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to shiver or shudder especially with fear or cold":[
|
|
"exposed to the gruesome so extensively \u2026 we simply don't grue any more",
|
|
"\u2014 John Crosby"
|
|
],
|
|
": a fit of shivering : shiver":[
|
|
"the sound of wind in the rigging \u2026 gave him the chills and the grues",
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"\u2014 R. B. Robertson",
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"impossible to read without a certain cold grue",
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"\u2014 S. V. Ben\u00e9t"
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],
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": gruesome quality or effect":[
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"a mystery novel \u2026 resolved with true grue",
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"\u2014 Anthony Boucher",
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"serves the chilliest grue with perfect elegance",
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"\u2014 J. S. Sandoe"
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],
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": particle , bit":[
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"hasn't a grue of sense"
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],
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": thin floating ice : snow":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"",
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"\u02c8gr\u00fc"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from earlier grow , from Middle English gruen, growen , probably from Middle Dutch gr\u016bwen ; akin to Old High German ingr\u016b\u0113n to shiver, shudder, and probably to Old English gr\u0113ot sand":"Intransitive verb",
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"Middle English":"Noun",
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"origin unknown":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-065834"
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},
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"Grus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the type genus of Gruidae consisting of the typical cranes":[],
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": a southern constellation that is visible between the constellations of Piscis Austrinus and Tucana and that is represented by the figure of a crane":[
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"\u2026 the discovery of a planet about 1.2 times the weight of Jupiter \u2026 in the southern constellation Grus, the Crane.",
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"\u2014 Frank Morring, Jr., Aviation Week & Space Technology , 14 Oct. 2002"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u0259s",
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"\u02c8gr\u00fcs"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin, crane; akin to Lithuanian gerv\u0117 crane":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1674, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-071148"
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},
|
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"Grudziadz":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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"city in northern Poland on the Vistula River northeast of Bydgoszcz population 100,861":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gr\u00fc-\u02ccj\u022fnts"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-162048"
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},
|
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"Grundriss":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a comprehensive and systematic outline especially of a science":[
|
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"a severely technical Grundriss of the many interrelated fields",
|
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"\u2014 L. M. Hollander"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8gru\u0307nt\u2027\u02ccris"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"German, from grund basis, foundation (from Old High German grunt ground, bottom) + riss drawing, from Old High German riz letter of the alphabet; akin to Old High German r\u012bzan to tear, write":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-233547"
|
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},
|
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"Grundtvigian":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of or relating to Grundtvigians or Grundtvigianism":[],
|
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": an adherent or advocate of Grundtvigianism":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"(\u02c8)gru\u0307nt\u00a6vig\u0113\u0259n",
|
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"\""
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Nikolai F.S. Grundtvig \u20201872 Danish theologian and poet + English -ian":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-023109"
|
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},
|
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"grundy-swallow":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": groundsel entry 1":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-di-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"by folk etymology":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-045816"
|
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},
|
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"Grundyism":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a narrow prudish intolerant conventionality especially as to the proprieties":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-d\u0113\u02cciz\u0259m",
|
|
"-di\u02cciz-"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-112722"
|
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},
|
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"Grundtvigianism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a religious movement among Danish Lutherans that arose out of the activities of Nikolai Grundtvig in behalf of the principles of greater religious freedom for both laity and clergy and of the authority of the living Christ as opposed to formal creeds":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-112939"
|
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},
|
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"grushie":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": thriving":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259shi"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"alteration of gross entry 1 + -ie":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-122912"
|
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},
|
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"gruenlingite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral Bi 4 TeS 3 consisting of sulfide and telluride of bismuth":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u00fcnli\u014b\u02cc\u012bt",
|
|
"-r\u0113n-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German gr\u00fcnlingit , from Friedrich Gr\u00fcnling \u20201919 German mineralogist + German -it -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-085137"
|
|
},
|
|
"Grundy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": mrs. grundy":[
|
|
"prudes in gumshoes and Grundies with head colds",
|
|
"\u2014 D. C. Peattie"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259nd\u0113",
|
|
"-di"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"by shortening":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-151925"
|
|
},
|
|
"gruss":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a rock that is finely granulated but not decomposed by weathering":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u00fcs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German grus , from Low German, from Middle Low German gr\u016bs, gr\u014ds ; akin to Old English gr\u0113ot grit":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190532"
|
|
},
|
|
"grutch":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": begrudge":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259ch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English grucchen":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-020222"
|
|
},
|
|
"grubbiness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": infested with fly maggots":[],
|
|
": dirty , grimy":[
|
|
"grubby hands"
|
|
],
|
|
": slovenly , sloppy":[],
|
|
": worthy of contempt : base":[
|
|
"grubby political motives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gr\u0259-b\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He lives in a grubby little apartment.",
|
|
"clean off those grubby hands before you touch anything",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Tracking how much the city changed from the end of the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties, Dos Passos reveals the grubby underside of industrialization. \u2014 Alice Mcdermott, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Johnson is just the latest prime minister to fail spectacularly at the job, though in his case, in uniquely grubby circumstances. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Groups of friends were erecting tepees next to camper vans overflowing with grubby children. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Everybody\u2019s got some grubby work to do, it\u2019s not the end-all of life. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Tape and grips start out all sparkly clean but get grubby pretty quick. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 17 July 2021",
|
|
"But even without that climactic thrill, the scenery alone would have been worth the price of admission, as DP Simone D\u2019Arcangelo elevates the somewhat grubby cinematography with shots of indescribable beauty. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Or maybe your brown or beige ones got a little grubby ? \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Art studios are famously grubby but by separating them from the main building, even two years after the latter\u2019s completion, the primary structure remains as immaculate as a hospital operating room. \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1725, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-083019"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gruy\u00e8re cheese":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a pressed whole-milk cheese of a pale yellow color and nutty flavor and usually with small holes":[],
|
|
": a process cheese made in small forms and wrapped in foil":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)gr\u0113\u00a6(y)|",
|
|
"|e\u0259-",
|
|
"(\u02c8)gr\u00fc\u00a6y|e(\u0259)r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from Gruy\u00e8re district, Fribourg canton, Switzerland, where it was originally made":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-222820"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gruy\u00e8re":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a firm cheese with small holes and a nutty flavor that is of Swiss origin":[],
|
|
": a processed cheese made from natural Gruy\u00e8re":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"gr\u0113-",
|
|
"gr\u00fc-\u02c8yer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Gruy\u00e8re , district in Switzerland":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-223035"
|
|
}
|
|
} |