dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/sco_MWT.json
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{
"scoff":{
"as in sneer":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"scoffed dinner before running off to the basketball game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibble",
"peck",
"pick"
],
"related":[
"overeat",
"pig out",
"swill"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"cram",
"devour",
"glut",
"gobble",
"gorge",
"gormandize",
"gulp",
"ingurgitate",
"inhale",
"raven",
"scarf",
"slop",
"wolf"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scoffing (at)":{
"as in rejecting , shrugging off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushing (off)",
"dismissing",
"flouting",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"winking (at)",
"defying",
"disobeying",
"mocking",
"rebelling (against)",
"disobliging",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulating (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"deferring (to)",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"serving",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"cooperating (with)",
"keeping",
"observing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"obliging",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"watching",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scoldings":{
"as in lessons , tongue-lashings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"businesses",
"devils",
"dressing-downs",
"lashes",
"lectures",
"lessons",
"raps",
"talking-tos",
"tongue-lashings",
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"damnations",
"punishments",
"remonstrances",
"belittlements",
"criticisms",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"pans",
"censures",
"comminations",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"excoriations",
"objurgations",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproofs",
"riot acts",
"strictures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"acclamations",
"honors",
"tributes",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scolds":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"he scolded the kids for not cleaning up the mess they had made in the kitchen"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in critics , censurers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"critics",
"faultfinders",
"nitpickers",
"railers",
"fishwifes",
"fishwives",
"gorgons",
"belittlers",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"battle-axes",
"dragon ladies",
"furies",
"harpies",
"harridans",
"shrews",
"termagants",
"viragoes",
"viragos",
"vixens",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sconces":{
"as in chandeliers , lightings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamps",
"arc lights",
"candelabra",
"candelabrums",
"candelabras",
"candles",
"chandeliers",
"dark lanterns",
"flares",
"flashbulbs",
"flashcubes",
"flashes",
"flashlights",
"floodlights",
"fluorescent lamps",
"gaslights",
"gasoliers",
"girandoles",
"headlights",
"incandescent lamps",
"klieg lights",
"kleig lights",
"lanterns",
"light bulbs",
"lighthouses",
"lightings",
"spotlights",
"streetlights",
"sun lamps",
"beacons",
"illuminants",
"lamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scoot":{
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
],
"examples":[
"now we've got to scoot , or we'll be late"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"related":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scopes":{
"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
"examples":[
"the company's scope of operations now spans two continents"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
"compasses",
"confines",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"ranges",
"reaches",
"realms",
"sweeps",
"widths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gamuts",
"spectra",
"spectrums",
"spreads",
"bailiwicks",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"provinces",
"regions",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"frontiers",
"horizons",
"panoramas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scores":{
"a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a whistle-blower who was more interested in settling a score with his employers than in exposing an injustice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"condemnations",
"offenses",
"offences",
"umbrages",
"complaints",
"dudgeons",
"huffs",
"peeves",
"piques",
"despites",
"malevolences",
"malices",
"spites",
"spleens",
"venoms",
"animosities",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"enmities",
"hostilities",
"rancors"
],
"synonyms":[
"downs",
"grievances",
"grudges",
"resentments"
]
},
"something (as money) which is owed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we'll pay the full score next week"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quietuses",
"quittances",
"repayments",
"assets"
],
"related":[
"bonds",
"debits",
"delinquencies",
"bankruptcies",
"defaults",
"embarrassments",
"insolvencies"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrearages",
"arrears",
"debts",
"liabilities",
"obligations"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"scored her for failing to report the security breach immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"related":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
]
},
"to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he scored the winning goal in the final minute of play"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses"
],
"related":[
"triumphs",
"wins",
"bests",
"defeats"
],
"synonyms":[
"racks up",
"tallies"
]
},
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the glassblower scored the glass rod first so that it would break cleanly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abrades",
"files",
"grazes",
"mills",
"rasps",
"scarifies",
"scratches",
"bevels",
"chamfers",
"flutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"grooves",
"scribes",
"seams"
]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"finally scored a good job after years of hard work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls short (of)",
"misses",
"fails (at)",
"loses"
],
"related":[
"acquires",
"captures",
"carries",
"draws",
"garners",
"gets",
"lands",
"obtains",
"procures",
"realizes",
"secures",
"amounts (to)",
"approaches",
"equals",
"matches",
"measures up (to)",
"meets",
"rivals",
"ties",
"touches",
"beats",
"excels",
"outdoes",
"surpasses",
"tops"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieves",
"attains",
"bags",
"chalks up",
"clocks (up)",
"gains",
"hits",
"logs",
"makes",
"notches (up)",
"racks up",
"rings up",
"wins"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scoring":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"scored her for failing to report the security breach immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"related":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
]
},
"to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he scored the winning goal in the final minute of play"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing"
],
"related":[
"triumphing",
"winning",
"besting",
"defeating"
],
"synonyms":[
"racking up",
"tallying"
]
},
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the glassblower scored the glass rod first so that it would break cleanly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abrading",
"filing",
"grazing",
"milling",
"rasping",
"scarifying",
"scratching",
"beveling",
"bevelling",
"chamfering",
"fluting"
],
"synonyms":[
"grooving",
"scribing",
"seaming"
]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"finally scored a good job after years of hard work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling short (of)",
"missing",
"failing (at)",
"losing"
],
"related":[
"acquiring",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"drawing",
"garnering",
"getting",
"landing",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"securing",
"amounting (to)",
"approaching",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"measuring up (to)",
"meeting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"touching",
"tying",
"tieing",
"beating",
"excelling",
"outdoing",
"surpassing",
"topping"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieving",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"chalking up",
"clocking (up)",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"logging",
"making",
"notching (up)",
"racking up",
"ringing up",
"winning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scorn":{
"open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect":{
"antonyms":[
"admiration",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"favor",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"examples":[
"has nothing but scorn for newfangled ideas of any kind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"tolerance",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"deference",
"deification",
"glorification",
"idolatry",
"idolization",
"lionization",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship",
"affection",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"liking",
"love"
],
"related":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"detestation",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"lovelessness",
"cattiness",
"hatefulness",
"invidiousness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"odium",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"bile",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"aspersion",
"belittlement",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"detraction",
"diminishment",
"disparagement",
"derision",
"mockery",
"ridicule",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation"
],
"synonyms":[
"contempt",
"contemptuousness",
"despisement",
"despite",
"despitefulness",
"disdain",
"misprision"
]
},
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she scorned the advice of her ophthalmologist and had the laser eye surgery anyway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"approve",
"use"
],
"related":[
"dismiss",
"forget",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slur (over)",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"slight"
],
"synonyms":[
"despise",
"disregard",
"flout"
]
},
"to show contempt for":{
"antonyms":[
"honor",
"respect"
],
"examples":[
"scorned the religious traditions of their ancestors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"admire",
"esteem",
"lionize",
"hallow",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"accept",
"appreciate",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"related":[
"scout",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"belittle",
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemn",
"dis",
"diss",
"disdain",
"disrespect",
"high-hat",
"look down (on or upon)",
"slight",
"sniff (at)",
"snoot",
"snub"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scotching":{
"as in beating , whipping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"clobbering",
"conquering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"routing",
"skunking",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"winning (against)",
"annihilating",
"creaming",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"doing in",
"extinguishing",
"nuking",
"pulling down",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"rubbing out",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"vaporizing",
"wasting",
"wracking",
"wrecking",
"blasting",
"blowing up",
"breaking",
"crippling",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"deteriorating",
"disfiguring",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"dynamiting",
"harming",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"mangling",
"marring",
"mutilating",
"spoiling",
"vitiating",
"eroding",
"scouring",
"sweeping (away)",
"washing out",
"wearing (away)",
"dilapidating",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"gutting",
"taking down",
"unbuilding",
"undoing",
"unmaking",
"blotting out",
"effacing",
"eradicating",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"obliterating",
"removing",
"rooting (out)",
"snuffing (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"wiping out",
"despoiling",
"havocking",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"trampling",
"trashing",
"vandalizing",
"assassinating",
"butchering",
"cutting down",
"dispatching",
"executing",
"felling",
"killing",
"killing off",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"murdering",
"slaughtering",
"slaying",
"taking out",
"zapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"building",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"repairing",
"revamping",
"creating",
"inventing",
"assembling",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"forming",
"framing",
"making",
"manufacturing",
"molding",
"producing",
"shaping",
"bringing about",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"restoring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scout (up)":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"I think I've scouted up a way for us to manage this"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig out",
"dig up",
"discover",
"dredge (up)",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"get",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunt (down or up)",
"learn",
"locate",
"nose out",
"root (out)",
"rout (out)",
"rummage",
"run down",
"scare up",
"track (down)",
"turn up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espy",
"sight",
"spot",
"look for",
"search (for or out)",
"seek"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace",
"misset"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss",
"overlook",
"pass over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scouting":{
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the actor's attempt to rationalize his racist comments were roundly scouted by the media"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning"
],
"related":[
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"sneering (at)",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"disparaging",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"putting down",
"chaffing",
"jiving",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzing",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"teasing",
"tweaking",
"twitting",
"baiting",
"barracking",
"bugging",
"catcalling",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"needling",
"pestering",
"ragging",
"targeting",
"taunting",
"tormenting",
"aping",
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"imitating",
"lampooning",
"mimicking",
"parodying",
"parroting",
"pillorying",
"satirizing",
"taking off (on)",
"travestying"
],
"synonyms":[
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"jeering",
"laughing (at)",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"shooting down",
"skewering"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scowled":{
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"scowled down at the misbehaving child"
],
"synonyms":[
"frowned",
"glared",
"gloomed",
"glowered",
"lowered",
"loured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gaped",
"gazed",
"ogled",
"stared",
"grimaced",
"pouted",
"sulked",
"growled",
"snarled",
"sneered",
"sniggered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beamed",
"grinned",
"smiled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scold":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"he scolded the kids for not cleaning up the mess they had made in the kitchen"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in critic , censurer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carper",
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"faultfinder",
"nitpicker",
"railer",
"fishwife",
"gorgon",
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"battle-ax",
"battle-axe",
"dragon lady",
"fury",
"harpy",
"harridan",
"shrew",
"termagant",
"virago",
"vixen",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scorner":{
"as in denigrator , jeerer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scour":{
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic"
],
"synonyms":[
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"hunt (through)",
"rake",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"search",
"sort (through)",
"troll"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frisk",
"pat down",
"shake down",
"audit",
"check (out)",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"discover",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"get",
"hit (on or upon)",
"learn",
"locate",
"run down",
"scare up",
"track (down)",
"grub (about)",
"poke (around)",
"explore",
"probe",
"prospect",
"skirmish",
"snoop",
"browse",
"glance (over)",
"look over",
"peruse",
"study"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hide",
"abandon",
"lose",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scorners":{
"as in denigrators , jeerers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belittlers",
"decriers",
"denigrators",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"gibers",
"jibers",
"insulters",
"jeerers",
"scoffers",
"baiters",
"harassers",
"hecklers",
"mockers",
"needlers",
"persecutors",
"ridiculers",
"taunters",
"teasers",
"teases",
"tormentors",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"criticizers",
"critics",
"disparagers",
"faultfinders",
"hypercritics",
"knockers",
"nigglers",
"nitpickers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commenders",
"praisers",
"comforters",
"solaces",
"soothers",
"succorers",
"bodyguards",
"champions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scoffed (at)":{
"as in rejected , shrugged off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed (off)",
"dismissed",
"flouted",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected",
"scorned",
"shrugged off",
"winked (at)",
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"mocked",
"rebelled (against)",
"disobliged",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulated (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"deferred (to)",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"served",
"stooped (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"cooperated (with)",
"kept",
"observed",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"obliged",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"watched",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scouted":{
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
"examples":[
"the actor's attempt to rationalize his racist comments were roundly scouted by the media"
],
"synonyms":[
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"laughed (at)",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"shot down",
"skewered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"sneered (at)",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"disparaged",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"put down",
"chaffed",
"jived",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"quizzed",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"rode",
"rid",
"teased",
"tweaked",
"twitted",
"baited",
"barracked",
"bugged",
"catcalled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"heckled",
"needled",
"pestered",
"ragged",
"targeted",
"taunted",
"tormented",
"aped",
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"imitated",
"lampooned",
"mimicked",
"parodied",
"parroted",
"pilloried",
"satirized",
"took off (on)",
"travestied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauded",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scooped":{
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
"examples":[
"scooped broth out of the pan with a spoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucketed",
"dipped",
"laded",
"ladled",
"spooned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailed",
"depleted",
"drained",
"eliminated",
"emptied",
"exhausted",
"bled",
"drew (off)",
"dished",
"slopped",
"decanted",
"drew",
"pumped",
"siphoned",
"syphoned",
"suctioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"poured",
"filled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scored":{
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
"examples":[
"the glassblower scored the glass rod first so that it would break cleanly"
],
"synonyms":[
"grooved",
"scribed",
"seamed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abraded",
"filed",
"grazed",
"milled",
"rasped",
"scarified",
"scratched",
"beveled",
"bevelled",
"chamfered",
"fluted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{
"examples":[
"he scored the winning goal in the final minute of play"
],
"synonyms":[
"racked up",
"tallied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumphed",
"won",
"bested",
"defeated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"finally scored a good job after years of hard work"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieved",
"attained",
"bagged",
"chalked up",
"clocked (up)",
"gained",
"hit",
"logged",
"made",
"notched (up)",
"racked up",
"rang up",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquired",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"garnered",
"got",
"landed",
"obtained",
"procured",
"realized",
"secured",
"amounted (to)",
"approached",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"measured up (to)",
"met",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"tied",
"touched",
"beat",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"surpassed",
"topped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell short (of)",
"missed",
"failed (at)",
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"scored her for failing to report the security breach immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scours":{
"as in diarrhea , dysentery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Delhi belly",
"diarrhea",
"flux",
"Montezuma's revenge",
"runs",
"trots",
"turista",
"dysentery",
"shigellosis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic"
],
"synonyms":[
"combs",
"digs (through)",
"dredges",
"hunts (through)",
"rakes",
"ransacks",
"rifles",
"rummages",
"searches",
"sorts (through)",
"trolls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frisks",
"pats down",
"shakes down",
"audits",
"checks (out)",
"examines",
"inspects",
"investigates",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"discovers",
"ferrets (out)",
"finds",
"finds out",
"gets",
"hits (on or upon)",
"learns",
"locates",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"tracks (down)",
"grubs (about)",
"pokes (around)",
"explores",
"probes",
"prospects",
"skirmishes",
"snoops",
"browses",
"glances (over)",
"looks over",
"peruses",
"studies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hides",
"abandons",
"loses",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scorning":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[
"scorned the religious traditions of their ancestors"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemning",
"disdaining",
"disrespecting",
"dissing",
"high-hatting",
"looking down (on or upon)",
"slighting",
"sniffing (at)",
"snooting",
"snubbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouting",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"belittling",
"deploring",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"frowning (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"admiring",
"esteeming",
"lionizing",
"hallowing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"accepting",
"appreciating",
"approving (of)",
"caring (for)",
"countenancing",
"favoring",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"subscribing (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honoring",
"respecting"
]
},
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
"examples":[
"she scorned the advice of her ophthalmologist and had the laser eye surgery anyway"
],
"synonyms":[
"despising",
"disregarding",
"flouting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissing",
"forgetting",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slurring (over)",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"slighting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"approving",
"using"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scoundrel":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"examples":[
"some scoundrel stole my wallet"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddie",
"baddy",
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"villainess",
"blackguard",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"felon",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"transgressor",
"sinner",
"trespasser",
"wrongdoer",
"cad",
"heel",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"con",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gunman",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"racketeer",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"rough",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"loser",
"lowlife",
"ne'er-do-well",
"stinker",
"trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"innocent",
"saint",
"hero"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scorches":{
"to burn on the surface":{
"examples":[
"the picnickers kept scorching their marshmallows, deliberately sticking their skewers into the licking flames of the campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"chars",
"sears",
"singes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fires",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"lights",
"bakes",
"cremates",
"incinerates",
"scalds",
"scathes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make dry":{
"examples":[
"weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil"
],
"synonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"sears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dehumidifies",
"drains",
"evaporates",
"mummifies",
"shrivels",
"withers",
"wizens",
"air-dries",
"bakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathes",
"deluges",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"sops",
"souses",
"waterlogs",
"dampens",
"damps",
"humidifies",
"moistens",
"rehydrates",
"dips",
"dunks",
"submerges",
"swamps"
],
"antonyms":[
"hydrates",
"washes",
"waters",
"wets"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scoffing":{
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"examples":[
"scoffed dinner before running off to the basketball game"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolting",
"cramming",
"devouring",
"glutting",
"gobbling",
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"gulping",
"ingurgitating",
"inhaling",
"ravening",
"scarfing",
"slopping",
"wolfing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overeating",
"pigging out",
"swilling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibbling",
"pecking",
"picking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scoured":{
"as in scraped , scrubbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rasped",
"sandblasted",
"sanded",
"sandpapered",
"scraped",
"scrubbed",
"soapy",
"waxy",
"coated",
"glazed",
"waxed",
"brushed",
"buffed",
"burnished",
"glossed",
"ground",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"shined",
"greased",
"greasy",
"lubricated",
"oiled",
"slick",
"slicked",
"slippery",
"slippy",
"slithery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsened",
"rough",
"roughened",
"scuffed",
"uneven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic"
],
"synonyms":[
"combed",
"dredged",
"dug (through)",
"hunted (through)",
"raked",
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"rummaged",
"searched",
"sorted (through)",
"trolled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frisked",
"patted down",
"shook down",
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"examined",
"inspected",
"investigated",
"reviewed",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"ascertained",
"descried",
"detected",
"determined",
"discovered",
"ferreted (out)",
"found",
"found out",
"got",
"hit (on or upon)",
"learned",
"located",
"ran down",
"scared up",
"tracked (down)",
"grubbed (about)",
"poked (around)",
"explored",
"probed",
"prospected",
"skirmished",
"snooped",
"browsed",
"glanced (over)",
"looked over",
"perused",
"studied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hid",
"abandoned",
"lost",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"scow":{
"as in skiff , canoe":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bateau",
"ca\u00efque",
"canoe",
"catamaran",
"coracle",
"curragh",
"currach",
"dhow",
"dinghy",
"dink",
"dory",
"dugout",
"flatboat",
"garvey",
"gig",
"johnboat",
"kayak",
"outrigger",
"paddleboat",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"pirogue",
"pontoon",
"pram",
"punt",
"raft",
"rowboat",
"rowing boat",
"sampan",
"scull",
"shallop",
"shell",
"skiff",
"surfboat",
"umiak",
"wherry",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel",
"watercraft",
"catboat",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"yacht",
"cruiser",
"inboard",
"motorboat",
"outboard",
"powerboat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scornfully":{
"as in contemptuously , disdainfully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"bitchily",
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly",
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"envyingly",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"balefully",
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"soullessly",
"unfeelingly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"ill-naturedly",
"inconsiderately",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"misanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly",
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"scoffs (at)":{
"as in rejects , shrugs off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushes (off)",
"dismisses",
"flouts",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"rejects",
"scorns",
"shrugs off",
"winks (at)",
"defies",
"disobeys",
"mocks",
"rebels (against)",
"disobliges",
"mutinies (against)",
"revolts (against)",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulates (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"defers (to)",
"goose-steps (to)",
"serves",
"stoops (to)",
"submits (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"cooperates (with)",
"keeps",
"observes",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"obliges",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"watches",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"minds",
"obeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scooted":{
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"now we've got to scoot , or we'll be late"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scoundrelly":{
"as in devious , scurvy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"devious",
"scurvy",
"snakelike",
"bad",
"bitchy",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vicious",
"virulent",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"vindictive",
"vitriolic",
"contemptuous",
"deprecating",
"derogatory",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"mean-spirited",
"obnoxious",
"opprobrious",
"scornful",
"snide",
"snotty",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unloving",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"evil",
"harsh",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"poisonous",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"unmalicious",
"compassionate",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gracious",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"affectionate",
"amorous",
"sweet",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"humane",
"altruistic",
"high-minded",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"scorch":{
"to burn on the surface":{
"examples":[
"the picnickers kept scorching their marshmallows, deliberately sticking their skewers into the licking flames of the campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"char",
"sear",
"singe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fire",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"light",
"bake",
"cremate",
"incinerate",
"scald",
"scathe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make dry":{
"examples":[
"weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil"
],
"synonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"sear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dehumidify",
"drain",
"evaporate",
"mummify",
"shrivel",
"wither",
"wizen",
"air-dry",
"bake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathe",
"deluge",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"saturate",
"soak",
"sop",
"souse",
"waterlog",
"damp",
"dampen",
"humidify",
"moisten",
"rehydrate",
"dip",
"dunk",
"submerge",
"swamp"
],
"antonyms":[
"hydrate",
"wash",
"water",
"wet"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scorched":{
"as in burned , charred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burned",
"burnt",
"charred",
"incinerated",
"seared",
"singed",
"broiling",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sizzling",
"aglow",
"flaring",
"flickering",
"glowing",
"live",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"ablaze",
"afire",
"aflame",
"alight",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"conflagrant",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"damped",
"dead",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"suffocated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to burn on the surface":{
"examples":[
"the picnickers kept scorching their marshmallows, deliberately sticking their skewers into the licking flames of the campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"charred",
"seared",
"singed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fired",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"baked",
"cremated",
"incinerated",
"scalded",
"scathed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make dry":{
"examples":[
"weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil"
],
"synonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"seared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dehumidified",
"drained",
"evaporated",
"mummified",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"withered",
"wizened",
"air-dried",
"baked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathed",
"deluged",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"sopped",
"soused",
"waterlogged",
"damped",
"dampened",
"humidified",
"moistened",
"rehydrated",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"submerged",
"swamped"
],
"antonyms":[
"hydrated",
"washed",
"watered",
"wet",
"wetted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sconce":{
"as in chandelier , lighting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamp",
"arc light",
"candelabra",
"candelabrum",
"candle",
"chandelier",
"dark lantern",
"flare",
"flash",
"flashbulb",
"flashcube",
"flashlight",
"floodlight",
"fluorescent lamp",
"gaslight",
"gasolier",
"girandole",
"headlight",
"incandescent lamp",
"klieg light",
"kleig light",
"lantern",
"light bulb",
"lighthouse",
"lighting",
"spotlight",
"streetlight",
"sun lamp",
"beacon",
"illuminant",
"lamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scoops (out)":{
"as in shovels , excavates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"shovels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocks",
"bungs",
"dams",
"fills",
"packs",
"plugs",
"stops",
"stuffs",
"chokes",
"clogs",
"closes (off)",
"clots",
"congests",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"caulks",
"calks",
"chinks",
"seals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scowling":{
"as in frowning , glowering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"frowning",
"glaring",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring",
"black",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"dismal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"melancholy",
"sullen",
"blank",
"flat",
"listless",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"unemotional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aglow",
"beaming",
"bright",
"glowing",
"radiant",
"sunny",
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"gleaming",
"luminous",
"refulgent",
"shining",
"starry",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"optimistic",
"upbeat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"scowled down at the misbehaving child"
],
"synonyms":[
"frowning",
"glaring",
"glooming",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gaping",
"gazing",
"ogling",
"staring",
"grimacing",
"pouting",
"sulking",
"growling",
"snarling",
"sneering",
"sniggering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beaming",
"grinning",
"smiling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"scouring":{
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic"
],
"synonyms":[
"combing",
"digging (through)",
"dredging",
"hunting (through)",
"raking",
"ransacking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"searching",
"sorting (through)",
"trolling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frisking",
"patting down",
"shaking down",
"auditing",
"checking (out)",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"investigating",
"reviewing",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"ascertaining",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"determining",
"discovering",
"ferreting (out)",
"finding",
"finding out",
"getting",
"hitting (on or upon)",
"learning",
"locating",
"running down",
"scaring up",
"tracking (down)",
"grubbing (about)",
"poking (around)",
"exploring",
"probing",
"prospecting",
"skirmishing",
"snooping",
"browsing",
"glancing (over)",
"looking over",
"perusing",
"studying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hiding",
"abandoning",
"losing",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scoffs":{
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"examples":[
"scoffed dinner before running off to the basketball game"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolts",
"crams",
"devours",
"gluts",
"gobbles",
"gorges",
"gormandizes",
"gulps",
"ingurgitates",
"inhales",
"ravens",
"scarfs",
"slops",
"wolfs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overeats",
"pigs out",
"swills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibbles",
"pecks",
"picks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sneers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sneers",
"rictuses",
"simpers",
"smirks",
"glares",
"glowers",
"looks",
"stares",
"growls",
"snarls",
"flinches",
"squinches",
"winces",
"faces",
"frowns",
"grimaces",
"lowers",
"lours",
"moues",
"mouths",
"mows",
"mugs",
"pouts",
"scowls",
"snoots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grins",
"laughs",
"smiles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scooping":{
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
"examples":[
"scooped broth out of the pan with a spoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucketing",
"dipping",
"lading",
"ladling",
"spooning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailing",
"depleting",
"draining",
"eliminating",
"emptying",
"exhausting",
"bleeding",
"drawing (off)",
"dishing",
"slopping",
"decanting",
"drawing",
"pumping",
"siphoning",
"syphoning",
"suctioning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pouring",
"filling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scoff (at)":{
"as in reject , shrug off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brush (off)",
"dismiss",
"flout",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"wink (at)",
"defy",
"disobey",
"mock",
"rebel (against)",
"disoblige",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulate (to)",
"concede (to)",
"defer (to)",
"goose-step (to)",
"serve",
"stoop (to)",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"cooperate (with)",
"keep",
"observe",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"oblige",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"watch",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scop":{
"as in troubadour":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"troubadour",
"poet laureate",
"epigrammatist",
"epigrammatizer",
"lyricist",
"rhymer",
"sonneteer",
"poetess",
"rhapsode",
"rhapsodist",
"bard",
"minstrel",
"muse",
"poet",
"poetaster",
"rhymester",
"rimester",
"versifier"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scoop (out)":{
"as in shovel , excavate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"shovel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"block",
"bung",
"dam",
"fill",
"pack",
"plug",
"stop",
"stuff",
"choke",
"clog",
"close (off)",
"clot",
"congest",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"caulk",
"chink",
"seal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scouting (up)":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"I think I've scouted up a way for us to manage this"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertaining",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"determining",
"digging out",
"digging up",
"discovering",
"dredging (up)",
"ferreting (out)",
"finding",
"finding out",
"getting",
"hitting (on or upon)",
"hunting (down or up)",
"learning",
"locating",
"nosing out",
"rooting (out)",
"routing (out)",
"rummaging",
"running down",
"scaring up",
"tracking (down)",
"turning up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espying",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"looking for",
"searching (for or out)",
"seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing",
"missetting",
"mis-setting"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing",
"overlooking",
"passing over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scope":{
"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
"examples":[
"the company's scope of operations now spans two continents"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambit",
"amplitude",
"breadth",
"compass",
"confines",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"range",
"reach",
"realm",
"sweep",
"width"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gamut",
"spectrum",
"spread",
"bailiwick",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"fiefdom",
"field",
"province",
"region",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"frontier",
"horizon",
"panorama"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"score":{
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
"examples":[
"the glassblower scored the glass rod first so that it would break cleanly"
],
"synonyms":[
"groove",
"scribe",
"seam"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrade",
"file",
"graze",
"mill",
"rasp",
"scarify",
"scratch",
"bevel",
"chamfer",
"flute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{
"examples":[
"he scored the winning goal in the final minute of play"
],
"synonyms":[
"rack up",
"tally"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumph",
"win",
"best",
"defeat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"finally scored a good job after years of hard work"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieve",
"attain",
"bag",
"chalk up",
"clock (up)",
"gain",
"hit",
"log",
"make",
"notch (up)",
"rack up",
"ring up",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"capture",
"carry",
"draw",
"garner",
"get",
"land",
"obtain",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"amount (to)",
"approach",
"equal",
"match",
"measure up (to)",
"meet",
"rival",
"tie",
"touch",
"beat",
"excel",
"outdo",
"surpass",
"top"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall short (of)",
"miss",
"fail (at)",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"scored her for failing to report the security breach immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong":{
"examples":[
"a whistle-blower who was more interested in settling a score with his employers than in exposing an injustice"
],
"synonyms":[
"down",
"grievance",
"grudge",
"resentment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condemnation",
"offense",
"offence",
"umbrage",
"complaint",
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"peeve",
"pique",
"despite",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"venom",
"viciousness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"rancor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as money) which is owed":{
"examples":[
"we'll pay the full score next week"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrearage",
"arrears",
"debt",
"indebtedness",
"liability",
"liabilities",
"obligation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bond",
"debit",
"delinquency",
"bankruptcy",
"default",
"embarrassment",
"insolvency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quietus",
"quittance",
"repayment",
"asset"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scouts (up)":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"I think I've scouted up a way for us to manage this"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"digs out",
"digs up",
"discovers",
"dredges (up)",
"ferrets (out)",
"finds",
"finds out",
"gets",
"hits (on or upon)",
"hunts (down or up)",
"learns",
"locates",
"noses out",
"roots (out)",
"routs (out)",
"rummages",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"tracks (down)",
"turns up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espies",
"sights",
"spots",
"looks for",
"searches (for or out)",
"seeks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces",
"missets"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses",
"overlooks",
"passes over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scotch":{
"as in beat , whip":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"clobber",
"conquer",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"rout",
"skunk",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"thrash",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"win (against)",
"annihilate",
"cream",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"do in",
"extinguish",
"nuke",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"vaporize",
"waste",
"wrack",
"wreck",
"blast",
"blow up",
"break",
"cripple",
"damage",
"deface",
"deteriorate",
"disfigure",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"dynamite",
"harm",
"impair",
"injure",
"mangle",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"erode",
"scour",
"sweep (away)",
"wash out",
"wear (away)",
"dilapidate",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"gut",
"take down",
"unbuild",
"undo",
"unmake",
"blot out",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out",
"despoil",
"havoc",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"trample",
"trash",
"vandalize",
"assassinate",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"dispatch",
"execute",
"fell",
"kill",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"murder",
"slaughter",
"slay",
"take out",
"zap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up",
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"repair",
"revamp",
"create",
"invent",
"assemble",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"bring about",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"restore"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scour(s)":{
"as in diarrhea , dysentery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Delhi belly",
"diarrhea",
"flux",
"Montezuma's revenge",
"runs",
"trots",
"turista",
"dysentery",
"shigellosis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic"
],
"synonyms":[
"combs",
"digs (through)",
"dredges",
"hunts (through)",
"rakes",
"ransacks",
"rifles",
"rummages",
"searches",
"sorts (through)",
"trolls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frisks",
"pats down",
"shakes down",
"audits",
"checks (out)",
"examines",
"inspects",
"investigates",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"discovers",
"ferrets (out)",
"finds",
"finds out",
"gets",
"hits (on or upon)",
"learns",
"locates",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"tracks (down)",
"grubs (about)",
"pokes (around)",
"explores",
"probes",
"prospects",
"skirmishes",
"snoops",
"browses",
"glances (over)",
"looks over",
"peruses",
"studies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hides",
"abandons",
"loses",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scotched":{
"as in beat , whipped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"annihilated",
"creamed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"extinguished",
"nuked",
"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wracked",
"wrecked",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"broke",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"deteriorated",
"disfigured",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"dynamited",
"harmed",
"impaired",
"injured",
"mangled",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"swept (away)",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"dilapidated",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"gutted",
"took down",
"unbuilt",
"undid",
"unmade",
"blotted out",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out",
"despoiled",
"havocked",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"trampled",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"assassinated",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"felled",
"killed",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"murdered",
"slaughtered",
"slew",
"took out",
"zapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"repaired",
"revamped",
"created",
"invented",
"assembled",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"molded",
"produced",
"shaped",
"brought about",
"constituted",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"restored"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scolding":{
"as in lesson , tongue-lashing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"business",
"devil",
"dressing-down",
"lash",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"rap",
"talking-to",
"tongue-lashing",
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"damnation",
"punishment",
"remonstrance",
"belittlement",
"criticism",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"pan",
"censure",
"commination",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"excoriation",
"objurgation",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reproof",
"riot act",
"stricture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"acclamation",
"honor",
"tribute",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"plaudit(s)",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"he scolded the kids for not cleaning up the mess they had made in the kitchen"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scorer":{
"as in arranger , orchestrator":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arranger",
"orchestrator",
"orchestrater",
"symphonist",
"librettist",
"lyricist",
"lyrist",
"cocomposer",
"composer",
"melodist",
"musician",
"songsmith",
"songwriter",
"tunesmith"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scornful":{
"feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern":{
"examples":[
"the actress gave the paparazzi a scornful glare before breezing on by them"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"arrogant",
"cavalier",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"pretentious",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"haughty",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"prideful",
"sniffish",
"snobbish",
"supercilious",
"pompous",
"self-important",
"superior",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deferential",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"accepting",
"tolerant",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[
"admiring",
"applauding",
"appreciative",
"approving"
]
},
"intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value":{
"examples":[
"the tenant's complaints were met with the scornful observation that he expected too much for the rent he was paying"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"decrying",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"denigrative",
"denigratory",
"deprecatory",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derisory",
"derogative",
"derogatory",
"detractive",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"pejorative",
"slighting",
"uncomplimentary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"calumnious",
"defamatory",
"insulting",
"libelous",
"libellous",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"slanderous",
"vilifying",
"abusive",
"opprobrious",
"scurrilous",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"unkind",
"virulent",
"critical",
"denunciative",
"denunciatory",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admiring",
"adulatory",
"applauding",
"approving",
"friendly",
"positive",
"appreciative",
"respectful",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"unmalicious",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"laudative",
"laudatory"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"scowl":{
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"the man across the street never seems to wear anything but a scowl"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"moue",
"mouth",
"mow",
"mug",
"pout",
"snoot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flinch",
"squinch",
"wince",
"growl",
"snarl",
"rictus",
"simper",
"smirk",
"scoff",
"sneer",
"glare",
"glower",
"look",
"stare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"scowled down at the misbehaving child"
],
"synonyms":[
"frown",
"glare",
"gloom",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gape",
"gaze",
"ogle",
"stare",
"grimace",
"pout",
"sulk",
"growl",
"snarl",
"sneer",
"snigger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beam",
"grin",
"smile"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scoffers":{
"as in detractors , insulters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belittlers",
"decriers",
"denigrators",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"gibers",
"jibers",
"insulters",
"jeerers",
"scorners",
"baiters",
"harassers",
"hecklers",
"mockers",
"needlers",
"persecutors",
"ridiculers",
"taunters",
"teasers",
"teases",
"tormentors",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"criticizers",
"critics",
"disparagers",
"faultfinders",
"hypercritics",
"knockers",
"nigglers",
"nitpickers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commenders",
"praisers",
"comforters",
"solaces",
"soothers",
"succorers",
"bodyguards",
"champions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scoop":{
"a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food":{
"examples":[
"an ice cream scoop"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipper",
"ladle",
"spoon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skimmer",
"dessertspoon",
"soupspoon",
"tablespoon",
"teaspoon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"information not generally available to the public":{
"examples":[
"come on, I know you've got the scoop on their breakup"
],
"synonyms":[
"411",
"book",
"dope",
"inside",
"lowdown",
"poop",
"skinny",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirt",
"dish",
"gossip",
"rumor",
"story",
"hint",
"pointer",
"information",
"intelligence",
"news",
"tidings",
"word"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancient history",
"open secret"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
"examples":[
"scooped broth out of the pan with a spoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucket",
"dip",
"lade",
"ladle",
"spoon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail",
"deplete",
"drain",
"eliminate",
"empty",
"exhaust",
"bleed",
"draw (off)",
"dish",
"slop",
"decant",
"draw",
"pump",
"siphon",
"syphon",
"suction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pour",
"fill"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scolded":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"he scolded the kids for not cleaning up the mess they had made in the kitchen"
],
"synonyms":[
"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scorching":{
"having a notably high temperature":{
"examples":[
"we keep indoors as much as possible during the day so as to avoid the scorching summer heat"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"searing",
"sultry",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"white-hot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazing",
"glowing",
"igneous",
"molten",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"warmish",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilly",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"blizzardly",
"frosty",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"benumbed",
"numb",
"shivering"
],
"antonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frozen",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy"
]
},
"to burn on the surface":{
"examples":[
"the picnickers kept scorching their marshmallows, deliberately sticking their skewers into the licking flames of the campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"charring",
"searing",
"singeing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"firing",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"lighting",
"baking",
"cremating",
"incinerating",
"scalding",
"scathing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make dry":{
"examples":[
"weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil"
],
"synonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"searing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dehumidifying",
"draining",
"evaporating",
"mummifying",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"withering",
"wizening",
"air-drying",
"baking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathing",
"deluging",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"waterlogging",
"dampening",
"damping",
"humidifying",
"moistening",
"rehydrating",
"dipping",
"dunking",
"submerging",
"swamping"
],
"antonyms":[
"hydrating",
"washing",
"watering",
"wetting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"scorns":{
"to show contempt for":{
"examples":[
"scorned the religious traditions of their ancestors"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemns",
"disdains",
"disrespects",
"disses",
"high-hats",
"looks down (on or upon)",
"slights",
"sniffs (at)",
"snoots",
"snubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scouts",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"belittles",
"deplores",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"admires",
"esteems",
"lionizes",
"hallows",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"accepts",
"appreciates",
"approves (of)",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays",
"subscribes (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"honors",
"respects"
]
},
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
"examples":[
"she scorned the advice of her ophthalmologist and had the laser eye surgery anyway"
],
"synonyms":[
"despises",
"disregards",
"flouts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismisses",
"forgets",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"slurs (over)",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"slights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"approves",
"uses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scoops":{
"a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food":{
"examples":[
"an ice cream scoop"
],
"synonyms":[
"dippers",
"ladles",
"spoons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skimmers",
"dessertspoons",
"soupspoons",
"tablespoons",
"teaspoons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
"examples":[
"scooped broth out of the pan with a spoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"buckets",
"dips",
"lades",
"ladles",
"spoons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bails",
"depletes",
"drains",
"eliminates",
"empties",
"exhausts",
"bleeds",
"draws (off)",
"dishes",
"slops",
"decants",
"draws",
"pumps",
"siphons",
"syphons",
"suctions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pours",
"fills"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scourging":{
"to bring destruction to (something) through violent action":{
"examples":[
"barbarians scourged the countryside, leaving village after village burned to the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"destroying",
"devastating",
"ravaging",
"ruining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"despoiling",
"foraying",
"harrying",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"sacking",
"stripping",
"annihilating",
"desolating",
"eradicating",
"expunging",
"extinguishing",
"extirpating",
"nuking",
"obliterating",
"rubbing out",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"vaporizing",
"wasting",
"wiping out",
"wracking",
"wrecking",
"decimating",
"mowing",
"demolishing",
"razing",
"crushing",
"overpowering",
"overrunning",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reconditioning",
"recovering",
"redeeming",
"rehabilitating",
"restoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"scourge the tree with a whip to loosen the bark"
],
"synonyms":[
"birching",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"hiding",
"horsewhipping",
"lashing",
"leathering",
"rawhiding",
"slashing",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"whaling",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouting",
"quirting",
"strapping",
"cutting",
"flicking",
"touching up",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"fustigating",
"pistol-whipping",
"banging",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cuffing",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"pasting",
"punching",
"slapping",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"spanking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"slating",
"slogging",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scooped (out)":{
"as in shoveled , excavated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"shoveled",
"shovelled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocked",
"bunged",
"dammed",
"filled",
"packed",
"plugged",
"stopped",
"stuffed",
"choked",
"clogged",
"closed (off)",
"clotted",
"congested",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"caulked",
"calked",
"chinked",
"sealed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scoundrels":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"examples":[
"some scoundrel stole my wallet"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddies",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"caitiffs",
"devils",
"evildoers",
"fiends",
"heavies",
"hounds",
"knaves",
"meanies",
"miscreants",
"monsters",
"nazis",
"no-goods",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"savages",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scamps",
"scapegraces",
"varlets",
"villains",
"wretches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"villainesses",
"blackguards",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"felons",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"offenders",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"transgressors",
"sinners",
"trespassers",
"wrongdoers",
"cads",
"heels",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"vipers",
"bandits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"cons",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"assassins",
"cutthroats",
"gangsters",
"goons",
"gunmen",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"racketeers",
"ruffians",
"thugs",
"roughs",
"rowdies",
"toughs",
"losers",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"stinkers",
"trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels",
"innocents",
"saints",
"heroes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}