173 lines
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173 lines
3.3 KiB
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{
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"mawkishness":{
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"the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the grating mawkishness of her poetry makes me want to stamp on wildflowers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cynicism",
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"hardheadedness",
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"hard-heartedness"
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],
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"related":[
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"emotion",
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"sentiment",
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"corn",
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"corniness",
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"hokeyness",
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"hokiness",
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"schmaltz",
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"schmalz"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bathos",
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"gooeyness",
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"lovey-doveyness",
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"mush",
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"mushiness",
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"saccharinity",
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"sappiness",
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"sentimentalism",
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"sentimentality",
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"sloppiness",
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"soppiness",
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"syrup",
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"sirup"
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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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"mawkish":{
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"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
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"examples":[
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"a mawkish plea for donations to the charity"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chocolate-box",
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"cloying",
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"corny",
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"drippy",
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"fruity",
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"gooey",
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"lovey-dovey",
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"maudlin",
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"mushy",
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"novelettish",
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"saccharine",
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"sappy",
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"schmaltzy",
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"sentimental",
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"sloppy",
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"slushy",
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"soppy",
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"soupy",
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"spoony",
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"spooney",
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"sticky",
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"sugarcoated",
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"sugary",
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"wet"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dreamy",
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"misty-eyed",
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"moonstruck",
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"moony",
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"nostalgic",
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"starry-eyed",
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"feel-good",
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"fuzzy",
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"melodramatic",
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"soap-operatic",
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"soapy",
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"sudsy",
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"flat",
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"insipid",
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"soft-boiled",
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"tasteless",
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"vapid",
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"watery",
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"cutesy",
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"twee"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unadulterated",
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"unvarnished",
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"antisentimental",
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"cynical",
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"hard-boiled",
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"hard-edged",
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"hardheaded"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unsentimental"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"maw":{
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"the mouth, jaws, or throat of an animal":{
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"examples":[
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"the gaping maw of the tiger"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gullet",
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"cakehole",
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"chops",
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"gob",
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"kisser",
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"mouth",
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"mug",
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"piehole",
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"trap",
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"yap",
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"muzzle",
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"jaws",
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"mandible",
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"maxilla"
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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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"maws":{
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"the mouth, jaws, or throat of an animal":{
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"examples":[
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"the gaping maw of the tiger"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gullets",
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"cakeholes",
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"chops",
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"gobs",
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"kissers",
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"mouths",
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"mugs",
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"pieholes",
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"pie holes",
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"traps",
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"yaps",
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"muzzles",
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"jaws",
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"mandibles",
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"maxillae",
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"maxillas"
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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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} |