1233 lines
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1233 lines
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{
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"fess (up)":{
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"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
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"examples":[
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"he fessed up to breaking the antique vase only after his guilt was obvious"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acknowledge",
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"admit",
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"agree",
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"allow",
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"concede",
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"confess",
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"grant",
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"own (up to)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"disburden",
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"unburden",
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"unload",
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"affirm",
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"avow",
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"confirm",
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"profess",
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"accept",
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"recognize",
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"yield",
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"announce",
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"break",
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"broadcast",
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"communicate",
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"declare",
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"disclose",
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"divulge",
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"impart",
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"proclaim",
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"publish",
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"reveal",
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"spill",
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"tell",
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"unveil",
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"betray",
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"blab",
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"expose",
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"give away",
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"inform",
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"leak",
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"rat",
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"squeal",
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"talk",
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"tattle",
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"tip (off)",
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"warn",
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"wise (up)",
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"breathe",
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"say",
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"whisper"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disallow",
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"disavow",
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"disclaim",
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"disown",
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"contradict",
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"dispute",
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"gainsay",
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"negate",
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"negative",
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"rebut",
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"refute",
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"reject",
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"repudiate",
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"conceal",
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"cover (up)",
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"hide",
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"obscure",
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"veil",
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"kid (oneself)"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"deny"
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]
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},
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"to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid":{
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"examples":[
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"at first he denied everything, but eventually he realized that he had no choice but to fess up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"admit",
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"confess",
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"cop (to)",
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"own (up)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blab",
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"talk",
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"tattle",
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"babble",
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"spill"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clam up",
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"hush",
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"quiet (down)",
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"shut up"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"festivities":{
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"a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"year-long festivities will mark the 300th anniversary of the city's founding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"jamborees",
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"jollifications",
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"jollities",
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"merriments",
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"merrymakings",
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"rejoicings",
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"revelries",
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"revels",
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"exhibitions",
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"exhibits",
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"expositions",
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"fairs",
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"shows",
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"exercises",
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"honors"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"carnivals",
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"celebrations",
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"festivals",
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"fests",
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"fetes",
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"f\u00eates",
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"fiestas",
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"galas",
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"jubilees"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"festers":{
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"a small, inflamed swelling of the skin":{
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"examples":[
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"pus oozed out of the fester"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boils",
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"hickeys",
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"papules",
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"pimples",
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"pocks",
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"pustules",
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"whelks",
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"zits"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blackheads",
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"blisters",
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"milia",
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"whiteheads",
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"bumps",
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"lumps",
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"protuberances",
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"sores",
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"warts",
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"weals",
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"welts"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to go through decomposition":{
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"examples":[
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"a week after the battle the corpses of the fallen were still festering in the fields"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaks down",
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"corrupts",
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"decays",
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"decomposes",
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"disintegrates",
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"fouls",
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"molders",
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"molds",
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"perishes",
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"putrefies",
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"rots",
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"spoils"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sours",
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"turns",
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"turns off",
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"contaminates",
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"defiles",
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"pollutes",
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"taints",
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"addles",
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"curdles",
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"ferments",
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"mortifies",
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"rusts",
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"crumbles",
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"declines",
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"degenerates",
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"descends",
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"deteriorates",
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"dilapidates",
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"sinks",
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"withers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ages",
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"develops",
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"grows",
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"matures",
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"ripens",
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"refreshes",
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"renews",
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"restores",
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"cleanses",
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"purifies",
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"assembles",
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"composes",
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"integrates",
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"ameliorates",
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"betters",
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"improves",
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"meliorates"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"festivals":{
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"a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something":{
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"examples":[
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"tourists flock to the town for its annual strawberry festival"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"carnivals",
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"celebrations",
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"festivities",
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"fests",
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"fetes",
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"f\u00eates",
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"fiestas",
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"galas",
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"jubilees"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"jamborees",
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"jollifications",
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"jollities",
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"merriments",
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"merrymakings",
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"rejoicings",
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"revelries",
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"revels",
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"exhibitions",
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"exhibits",
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"expositions",
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"fairs",
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"shows",
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"exercises",
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"honors"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"festooning":{
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"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
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"examples":[
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"for Valentine's Day the dance hall was festooned with a riot of red hearts and bow-wielding cupids"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adorning",
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"arraying",
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"beautifying",
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"bedecking",
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"bedizening",
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"blazoning",
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"caparisoning",
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"decking",
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"decorating",
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"doing",
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"doing up",
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"dolling up",
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"draping",
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"dressing",
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"embellishing",
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"emblazing",
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"embossing",
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"enriching",
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"fancifying",
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"fancying up",
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"garnishing",
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"glitzing (up)",
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"gracing",
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"gussying up",
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"ornamenting",
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"prettying (up)",
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"trimming"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accessorizing",
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"dressing up",
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"trapping",
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"tricking (out)",
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"brightening",
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"freshening",
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"smartening",
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"sprucing (up)",
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"bossing",
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"chasing",
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"braiding",
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"embroidering",
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"feathering",
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"figuring",
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"filigreeing",
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"filleting",
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"flouncing",
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"frilling",
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"fringing",
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"furbelowing",
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"garlanding",
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"hanging",
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"lacing",
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"ribboning",
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"swagging",
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"wreathing",
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"appliqu\u00e9ing",
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"gilding",
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"painting",
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"diamonding",
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"gemming",
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"impearling",
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"jeweling",
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"jewelling",
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"pearling",
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"redecorating",
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"redoing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"simplifying",
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"streamlining",
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"baring",
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"denuding",
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"dismantling",
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"displaying",
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"divesting",
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"exposing",
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"revealing",
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"stripping",
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"uncovering",
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"uglifying"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"blemishing",
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"defacing",
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"disfiguring",
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"marring",
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"scarring",
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"spoiling"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fess up":{
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"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
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"examples":[
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"he fessed up to breaking the antique vase only after his guilt was obvious"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acknowledge",
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"admit",
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"agree",
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"allow",
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"concede",
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"confess",
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"grant",
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"own (up to)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"disburden",
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"unburden",
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"unload",
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"affirm",
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"avow",
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"confirm",
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"profess",
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"accept",
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"recognize",
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"yield",
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"announce",
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"break",
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"broadcast",
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"communicate",
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"declare",
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"disclose",
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"divulge",
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"impart",
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"proclaim",
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"publish",
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"reveal",
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"spill",
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"tell",
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"unveil",
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"betray",
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"blab",
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"expose",
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"give away",
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"inform",
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"leak",
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"rat",
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"squeal",
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"talk",
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"tattle",
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"tip (off)",
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"warn",
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"wise (up)",
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"breathe",
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"say",
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"whisper"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disallow",
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"disavow",
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"disclaim",
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"disown",
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"contradict",
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"dispute",
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"gainsay",
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"negate",
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"negative",
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"rebut",
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"refute",
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"reject",
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"repudiate",
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"conceal",
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"cover (up)",
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"hide",
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"obscure",
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"veil",
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"kid (oneself)"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"deny"
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]
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},
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"to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid":{
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"examples":[
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"at first he denied everything, but eventually he realized that he had no choice but to fess up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"admit",
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"confess",
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"cop (to)",
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"own (up)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blab",
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"talk",
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"tattle",
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"babble",
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"spill"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clam up",
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"hush",
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"quiet (down)",
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"shut up"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fessed (up)":{
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"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
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"examples":[
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"he fessed up to breaking the antique vase only after his guilt was obvious"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acknowledged",
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"admitted",
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"agreed",
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"allowed",
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"conceded",
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"confessed",
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"granted",
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"owned (up to)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"disburdened",
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"unburdened",
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"unloaded",
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"affirmed",
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"avowed",
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"confirmed",
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"professed",
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"accepted",
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"recognized",
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"yielded",
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"announced",
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"broadcast",
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"broadcasted",
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"broke",
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"communicated",
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"declared",
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"disclosed",
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"divulged",
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"imparted",
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"proclaimed",
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"published",
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"revealed",
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"spilled",
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"spilt",
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"told",
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"unveiled",
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"betrayed",
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"blabbed",
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"exposed",
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"gave away",
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"informed",
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"leaked",
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"ratted",
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"squealed",
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"talked",
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"tattled",
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"tipped (off)",
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"warned",
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"wised (up)",
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"breathed",
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"said",
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"whispered"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disallowed",
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"disavowed",
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"disclaimed",
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"disowned",
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"contradicted",
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"disputed",
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"gainsaid",
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"negated",
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"negatived",
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"rebutted",
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"refuted",
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"rejected",
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"repudiated",
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"concealed",
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"covered (up)",
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"hid",
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"obscured",
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"veiled",
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"kidded (oneself)"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"denied"
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]
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},
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"to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid":{
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"examples":[
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"at first he denied everything, but eventually he realized that he had no choice but to fess up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"admitted",
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"confessed",
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"copped (to)",
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"owned (up)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blabbed",
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"talked",
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"tattled",
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"babbled",
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"spilled",
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"spilt"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clammed up",
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"hushed",
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"quieted (down)",
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"shut up"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fests":{
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"a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something":{
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"examples":[
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"a country music fest"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"carnivals",
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"celebrations",
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"festivals",
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"festivities",
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"fetes",
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"f\u00eates",
|
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"fiestas",
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"galas",
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"jubilees"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"jamborees",
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"jollifications",
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"jollities",
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"merriments",
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"merrymakings",
|
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"rejoicings",
|
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"revelries",
|
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"revels",
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"exhibitions",
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"exhibits",
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"expositions",
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"fairs",
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"shows",
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"exercises",
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"honors"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"festivity":{
|
|
"a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rather than mourn our friend's death we celebrated his life, and his memorial service was more notable for its festivity than its funereal gloom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merriness",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"gamesomeness",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocoseness",
|
|
"jocosity",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"giddiness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"perkiness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilance",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sourness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobersidedness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolorousness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"plaintiveness",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"year-long festivities will mark the 300th anniversary of the city's founding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carnival",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"fest",
|
|
"festival",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"fiesta",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"jubilee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jamboree",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"honors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"joyful or festive activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in keeping with their habit of doing everything in a big way, the couple's wedding will entail a whole weekend of festivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"whoopee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carousal",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"merriness",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"carnival",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"festival",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownery",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"festooned":{
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for Valentine's Day the dance hall was festooned with a riot of red hearts and bow-wielding cupids"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fancied up",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"glitzed (up)",
|
|
"graced",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"prettied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorized",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"smartened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"feathered",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"filigreed",
|
|
"filleted",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"frilled",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"furbelowed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"ribboned",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9d",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"diamonded",
|
|
"gemmed",
|
|
"impearled",
|
|
"jeweled",
|
|
"jewelled",
|
|
"pearled",
|
|
"redecorated",
|
|
"redid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"uglified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"festoons":{
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for Valentine's Day the dance hall was festooned with a riot of red hearts and bow-wielding cupids"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorns",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"beautifies",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"bedizens",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"decorates",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does up",
|
|
"dolls up",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"emblazes",
|
|
"embosses",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"fancies up",
|
|
"fancifies",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"glitzes (up)",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"gussies up",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"pretties (up)",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorizes",
|
|
"dresses up",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"tricks (out)",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"smartens",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fillets",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"swags",
|
|
"wreathes",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"diamonds",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"impearls",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"pearls",
|
|
"redecorates",
|
|
"redoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"streamlines",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"uglifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fesses (up)":{
|
|
"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he fessed up to breaking the antique vase only after his guilt was obvious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"owns (up to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disburdens",
|
|
"unburdens",
|
|
"unloads",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"tips (off)",
|
|
"warns",
|
|
"wises (up)",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"kids (oneself)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at first he denied everything, but eventually he realized that he had no choice but to fess up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"cops (to)",
|
|
"owns (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"spills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clams up",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"quiets (down)",
|
|
"shuts up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |