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8374 lines
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{
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"squabble":{
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"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"frightened by noise of the squabble , the cat hid under the couch"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"clash",
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"run-in",
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"skirmish",
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"tangle",
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"tussle",
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"logomachy",
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"feud",
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"vendetta",
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"attack",
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"contention",
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"dissension",
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"dissention",
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"debate",
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"difference",
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"disputation",
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"fuss",
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"objection",
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"protest",
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"protestation",
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"affray",
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"fisticuffs",
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"fracas",
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"fray",
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"free-for-all",
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"melee",
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"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
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"catfight"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"altercation",
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"argle-bargle",
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"argument",
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"argy-bargy",
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"battle royal",
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"bicker",
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"brawl",
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"contretemps",
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"controversy",
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"cross fire",
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"disagreement",
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"dispute",
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"donnybrook",
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"falling-out",
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"fight",
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"hassle",
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"imbroglio",
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"kickup",
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"misunderstanding",
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"quarrel",
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"rhubarb",
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"row",
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"scrap",
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"set-to",
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"spat",
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"tiff",
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"wrangle"
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]
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},
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"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the children squabbled loudly over who got to play with the toy first"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"coexist",
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"get along",
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"accept",
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"agree",
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"assent",
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"concur",
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"consent"
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],
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"related":[
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"challenge",
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"dare",
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"defy",
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"clash",
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"contend",
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"contest",
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"tangle",
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"cavil",
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"fuss",
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"nitpick",
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"consider",
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"debate",
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"discuss",
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"kick",
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"object",
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"protest"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"altercate",
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"argue",
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"argufy",
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"bicker",
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"brabble",
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"brawl",
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"controvert",
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"dispute",
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"fall out",
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"fight",
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"hassle",
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"jar",
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"quarrel",
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"quibble",
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"row",
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"scrap",
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"spat",
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"tiff",
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"wrangle"
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]
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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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"square one":{
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"as in first base , ground zero":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"squaring":{
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"to be in agreement on every point":{
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"antonyms":[
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"differing (from)",
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"disagreeing (with)"
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],
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"examples":[
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"that explanation squares entirely with the evidence that we've seen"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"contradicting",
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"disputing",
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"gainsaying",
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"negating",
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"nullifying",
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"clashing",
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"conflicting",
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"jarring"
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],
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"related":[
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"equaling",
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"equalling",
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"matching",
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"paralleling",
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"aligning",
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"alining",
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"lining up",
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"registering"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"according",
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"agreeing",
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"answering",
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"checking",
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"chording",
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"cohering",
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"coinciding",
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"comporting",
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"conforming",
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"consisting",
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"corresponding",
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"dovetailing",
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"fitting",
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"going",
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"harmonizing",
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"jibing",
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"rhyming",
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"riming",
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"sorting",
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"tallying"
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]
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},
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"to influence someone with a bribe":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"tried to square the police officer into ignoring the illegal operation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"fixing",
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"tampering (with)",
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"abasing",
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"debasing",
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"debauching",
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"defiling",
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"degrading",
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"demeaning",
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"depraving",
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"dishonoring",
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"perverting",
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"poisoning",
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"profaning",
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"prostituting",
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"subverting",
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"tainting",
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"warping",
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"alluring",
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"baiting",
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"beguiling",
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"enticing",
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"leading on",
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"luring",
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"seducing",
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"tempting",
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"motivating",
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"provoking",
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"spurring",
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"stimulating",
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"goading",
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"inducing",
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"flattering",
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"persuading",
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"snaring",
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"trapping"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bribing",
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"buying",
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"corrupting",
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"having",
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"paying off"
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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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"squaring away":{
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"as in working out , planning":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blueprinting",
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"calculating",
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"charting",
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"concerting",
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"designing",
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"drafting",
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"framing",
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"hammering out",
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"intriguing",
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"laying out",
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"maneuvering",
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"mapping (out)",
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"planning",
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"programming",
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"programing",
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"schematizing",
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"scheming",
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"shaping",
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"working out",
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"contracting",
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"pledging",
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"promising",
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"choosing",
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"concluding",
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"determining",
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"figuring",
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"opting",
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"resolving",
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"agreeing (on)",
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"arranging",
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"deciding",
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"fixing",
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"setting",
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"settling",
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"affirming",
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"approving",
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"authorizing",
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"clearing",
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"confirming",
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"OK'ing",
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"okaying",
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"sanctioning",
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"warranting",
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"closing",
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"completing",
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"ending",
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"finalizing",
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"finishing",
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"rounding (off or out)",
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"winding up",
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"wrapping up",
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"bargaining",
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"chaffering",
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"dealing",
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"dickering",
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"haggling",
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"horse-trading",
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"negotiating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aborting",
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"calling",
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"calling off",
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"dropping",
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"recalling",
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"repealing",
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"rescinding",
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"revoking",
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"differing (over)",
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"disagreeing (with)",
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"countering",
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"debating",
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"objecting",
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"opposing",
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"protesting",
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"resisting",
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"contesting",
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"disputing"
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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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"squash":{
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"to cause to become a pulpy mass":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the sort of person who couldn't even squash a bug"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"press",
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"squeeze",
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"beat",
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"pound",
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"powder",
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"pulverize"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crush",
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"mash",
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"pulp"
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]
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},
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"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"squashed any effort to reform the country's power structure"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abet",
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"aid",
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"assist",
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"back",
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"help",
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"prop up",
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"support",
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"foment",
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"incite",
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"instigate",
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"provoke",
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"stir",
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"whip (up)",
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"advance",
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"cultivate",
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"encourage",
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"forward",
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"foster",
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"further",
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"nourish",
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"nurture",
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"promote"
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],
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"related":[
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"douse",
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"dowse",
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"extinguish",
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"put out",
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"quench",
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"smother",
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"stifle",
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"strangle",
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"throttle",
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"annihilate",
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"decimate",
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"demolish",
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"desolate",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"nuke",
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"rub out",
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"ruin",
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"smash",
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"waste",
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"wreck",
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"exterminate",
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"obliterate",
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"wipe out",
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"conquer",
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"dominate",
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"overcome",
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"overpower",
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"overwhelm",
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"subjugate",
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"vanquish"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clamp down (on)",
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"crack down (on)",
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"crush",
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"put down",
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"quash",
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"quell",
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"repress",
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"silence",
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"slap down",
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"snuff (out)",
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"squelch",
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"subdue",
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"suppress"
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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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"squatted":{
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"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a detective squatting to examine something on the ground"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"curled up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"couched",
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"crouched",
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"huddled",
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"hunched",
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"hunkered (down)",
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"scrunched",
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"squinched"
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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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"squatting":{
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"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
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"examples":[
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"a detective squatting to examine something on the ground"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"couching",
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"crouching",
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"huddling",
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"hunching",
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"hunkering (down)",
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"scrunching",
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"squinching"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"curling up"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"squawk":{
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"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"if we don't receive any squawks , we can assume the change was acceptable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"commendation",
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"compliment",
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"plaudit",
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"acclaim",
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"applause",
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"praise",
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"approval",
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"endorsement",
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"indorsement",
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"sanction"
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],
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"related":[
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"challenge",
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"demur",
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"expostulation",
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"kick",
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"niggle",
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"objection",
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"protest",
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"quibble",
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"remonstrance",
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"stink"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beef",
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"bitch",
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"bleat",
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"carp",
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"complaint",
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"fuss",
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"grievance",
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"gripe",
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"grouch",
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"grouse",
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"grumble",
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"holler",
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"kvetch",
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"lament",
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"miserere",
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"moan",
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"murmur",
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"plaint",
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"wail",
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"whimper",
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"whine",
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"whinge",
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"yammer"
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]
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},
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"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
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"antonyms":[
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"crow",
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"delight",
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"rejoice"
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],
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"examples":[
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"she squawked on for hours about how salespeople were always rude to her"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accept",
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"bear",
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"countenance",
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"endure",
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"take",
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"tolerate",
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"applaud",
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"cheer",
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"commend"
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],
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"related":[
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"object (to)",
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"protest",
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"quarrel (with)",
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"cavil",
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"quibble",
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"fret",
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"stew",
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"worry",
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"blubber",
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"cry",
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"sob",
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"bemoan",
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"bewail",
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"deplore",
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"lament"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beef",
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"bellyache",
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"bitch",
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"bleat",
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"carp",
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"caterwaul",
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"complain",
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"crab",
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"croak",
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"fuss",
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"gripe",
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"grizzle",
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"grouch",
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"grouse",
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"growl",
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"grumble",
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"grump",
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"holler",
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"inveigh",
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"keen",
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"kick",
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"kvetch",
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"maunder",
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"moan",
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"murmur",
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"mutter",
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"nag",
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"repine",
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"scream",
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"squeal",
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"wail",
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"whimper",
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"whine",
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"whinge",
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"yammer",
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"yawp",
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"yaup",
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"yowl"
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]
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},
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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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"squawked":{
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"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
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"antonyms":[
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"crowed",
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"delighted",
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"rejoiced"
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],
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"examples":[
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"she squawked on for hours about how salespeople were always rude to her"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepted",
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"bore",
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"countenanced",
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"endured",
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"tolerated",
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"took",
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"applauded",
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"cheered",
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"commended"
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],
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"related":[
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"objected (to)",
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"protested",
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"quarreled (with)",
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"quarrelled (with)",
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"caviled",
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"cavilled",
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"quibbled",
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"fretted",
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"stewed",
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"worried",
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"blubbered",
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"cried",
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"sobbed",
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"bemoaned",
|
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"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"grouched",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"inveighed",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"repined",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"whinged",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeaking":{
|
|
"having a high musical pitch or range":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"a baby bird making little squeaking cries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"high-pitched",
|
|
"piping",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"treble",
|
|
"whistling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"tinny",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"nasal",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"whiny",
|
|
"whiney",
|
|
"yapping",
|
|
"yelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bass",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"throaty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the robbers eventually squeaked about the others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finking",
|
|
"grassing (on)",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"ratting (on)",
|
|
"singing",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"splitting (on)",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"backstabbing",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"selling (out)",
|
|
"two-timing",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"tipping (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeaks":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the robbers eventually squeaked about the others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"grasses (on)",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"rats (on)",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"splits (on)",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"backstabs",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"sells (out)",
|
|
"two-times",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"tips (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in squeals , screeches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"blats",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"brays",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"caws",
|
|
"cheeps",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"crakes",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"honks",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"lows",
|
|
"meows",
|
|
"miaows",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"moos",
|
|
"neighs",
|
|
"oinks",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"trumpets",
|
|
"tu-whit tu-whoos",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"whinnies",
|
|
"yaps",
|
|
"yelps",
|
|
"yips",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"notes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squealed":{
|
|
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child squealed with frustration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"shrilled",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"yelped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"rejoiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoped that a DVD player in the backseat would keep the kids from squealing about long car rides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled (with)",
|
|
"quarrelled (with)",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"grouched",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"inveighed",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"repined",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"whinged",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that stool pigeon squealed to the police about the whole smuggling operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"backstabbed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"sold (out)",
|
|
"two-timed",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"tipped (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finked",
|
|
"grassed (on)",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"ratted (on)",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"snitched",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeamishness":{
|
|
"a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ever-rising squeamishness suddenly overwhelmed her, and she ran for the bathroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"airsickness",
|
|
"altitude sickness",
|
|
"car sickness",
|
|
"morning sickness",
|
|
"motion sickness",
|
|
"mountain sickness",
|
|
"seasickness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"nauseousness",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"queasiness",
|
|
"queerness",
|
|
"sickness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the tendency to be or state of being squeamish":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indelicacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his general squeamishness makes him a terrible choice as a lab partner for a dissection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"gutsiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"fastidiousness",
|
|
"finicalness",
|
|
"finickiness",
|
|
"fussiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"queasiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeezes":{
|
|
"a person with whom one is in love":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she and her main squeeze are spending Valentine's Day at a romantic country inn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beaux",
|
|
"beaus",
|
|
"boyfriends",
|
|
"boys",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"swains",
|
|
"gals",
|
|
"girlfriends",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"inamoratas",
|
|
"ladyloves",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"tootsies",
|
|
"amours",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"paramours",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"steadies",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"gallants",
|
|
"suitors",
|
|
"wooers",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"brides",
|
|
"wives",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9s",
|
|
"intendeds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"heartthrobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"hons",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"sweetie pies",
|
|
"sweeties",
|
|
"sweets",
|
|
"trueloves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept squeezing the bottle until the ketchup squirted all over the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"pulps",
|
|
"purees",
|
|
"pur\u00e9es",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"extrudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"mashes",
|
|
"presses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think we can squeeze a bit more into the washing machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"jam-packs",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"packs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"sandwiches",
|
|
"shoehorns",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"wedges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to force one's way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was able to squeeze through the people clustered around the luggage carousel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"elbows",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoulders"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to squeeze a living by cleaning houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"secures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ekes (out)",
|
|
"scrapes (up or together)",
|
|
"scrounges",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decompresses",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"outspreads",
|
|
"outstretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squeezed the blanket until it fit into the box"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"jam-packs",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"boils down",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"streamlines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"capsulizes",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"constringes",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"narrows (down)",
|
|
"telescopes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mob squeezes all the local merchants by threatening violence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squinches":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squinched down to fit under the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"hunkers (down)",
|
|
"scrunches",
|
|
"squats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curls up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squinched up her eyes in disgust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contorts",
|
|
"deforms",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"misshapes",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"wreathes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"uncurls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't squinch a bit when the intruder pulled a knife on him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blenches",
|
|
"cringes",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"quails",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"winces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanches",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"whitens",
|
|
"quakes",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shudders",
|
|
"trembles",
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"nears",
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in winces , flinches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"winces",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"moues",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"rictuses",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"stares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squinnies":{
|
|
"as in squints":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"squints",
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"leers",
|
|
"ogles",
|
|
"stares",
|
|
"side-glances",
|
|
"coups d'oeil",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"peeks",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squinted":{
|
|
"to take a look with the eyes narrowed (as because of difficulty seeing)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He squinted in her direction, but couldn't make her out with the sun behind her."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
"keeked",
|
|
"peeped",
|
|
"peered",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"gawked",
|
|
"goggled",
|
|
"rubbernecked",
|
|
"leered",
|
|
"ogled",
|
|
"gazed",
|
|
"stared",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
"peeked",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"looked over",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"scanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squire":{
|
|
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her father squired her to the dance to make sure she got there all right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accompany",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"see"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"pal (around)",
|
|
"team (up)",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"usher",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"tag along",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"hang (around)",
|
|
"hover (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"forsake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in chief justice , circuit judge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chief justice",
|
|
"circuit judge",
|
|
"justice of the peace",
|
|
"adjudicator",
|
|
"beak",
|
|
"bench",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"jurist",
|
|
"justice",
|
|
"magistrate",
|
|
"auditor",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"jurisconsult",
|
|
"jurisprudent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in chaperone":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"sidekick",
|
|
"conductor",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"honor guard",
|
|
"outrider"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squiring":{
|
|
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her father squired her to the dance to make sure she got there all right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanying",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"chaperoning",
|
|
"companioning",
|
|
"companying",
|
|
"convoying",
|
|
"escorting",
|
|
"seeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"consorting",
|
|
"palling (around)",
|
|
"teaming (up)",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"piloting",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"ushering",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"tagging along",
|
|
"tailing",
|
|
"hanging (around)",
|
|
"hovering (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"forsaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squirm":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the toddler squirmed the whole time we were in the waiting room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fidget",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"squiggle",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"wriggle",
|
|
"writhe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squirming":{
|
|
"as in fidgeting , twitching":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing",
|
|
"locomotion",
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"motivity",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"relocation",
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"motionlessness",
|
|
"immobility",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the toddler squirmed the whole time we were in the waiting room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"squiggling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"pacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squirrel away":{
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squirreled the information away for future reference"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"use up",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"round up",
|
|
"scrape (together)",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"coffer",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"set by",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"secrete"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay away",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lay in",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"put by",
|
|
"salt away",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"stockpile",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"stow",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squirreling (away)":{
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squirreled the information away for future reference"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unloading",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"using up",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rounding up",
|
|
"scraping (together)",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"coffering",
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"setting by",
|
|
"stocking",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"secreting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying away",
|
|
"laying by",
|
|
"laying in",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"putting by",
|
|
"salting away",
|
|
"stashing",
|
|
"stockpiling",
|
|
"storing",
|
|
"stowing",
|
|
"treasuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squirted":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water squirting out of the faucet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"swooshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"fountained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"percolated",
|
|
"seeped",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"trickled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squished":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squishing":{
|
|
"as in squeezing , punching":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squooshing":{
|
|
"as in squishing , squeezing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"mashing",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"squishing",
|
|
"bearing (down on)",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"weighing (on or upon)",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"leaning (on or against)",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"scrunching",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"jam-packing",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"wedging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeaky":{
|
|
"having a high musical pitch or range":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a child with a squeaky voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"high-pitched",
|
|
"piping",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"treble",
|
|
"whistling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"tinny",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"nasal",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"whiny",
|
|
"whiney",
|
|
"yapping",
|
|
"yelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bass",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"throaty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeamish":{
|
|
"affected with nausea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rolling of the ship made her squeamish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"qualmish",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"green",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"woozy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squads":{
|
|
"a group of people working together on a task":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cleaning squad usually arrives after regular business hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"platoons",
|
|
"teams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battalions",
|
|
"corps",
|
|
"troops",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"stables",
|
|
"troupes",
|
|
"administrations",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"personnels",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"square-rigger":{
|
|
"as in yacht , piragua":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brigantine",
|
|
"bugeye",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"caravel",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"cat rig",
|
|
"clipper",
|
|
"corvette",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"frigate",
|
|
"galleon",
|
|
"galley",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"sailer",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"sloop",
|
|
"xebec",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"windjammer",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"vessel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squiggled":{
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pediatrician's waiting room full of squiggling toddlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fidgeted",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jigged",
|
|
"jiggled",
|
|
"squirmed",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"wiggled",
|
|
"wriggled",
|
|
"writhed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"quaked",
|
|
"quivered",
|
|
"shivered",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuddered",
|
|
"trembled",
|
|
"paced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are some illegible notes squiggled in the margins of the old book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"scrawled",
|
|
"scribbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doodled",
|
|
"jotted (down)",
|
|
"inked",
|
|
"inscribed",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"penciled",
|
|
"pencilled",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"printed",
|
|
"wrote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeeze":{
|
|
"to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept squeezing the bottle until the ketchup squirted all over the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"mash",
|
|
"press"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"pulp",
|
|
"puree",
|
|
"pur\u00e9e",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"extrude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think we can squeeze a bit more into the washing machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"sandwich",
|
|
"shoehorn",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"jam-pack",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"pack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to squeeze a living by cleaning houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eke (out)",
|
|
"scrape (up or together)",
|
|
"scrounge",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"secure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squeezed the blanket until it fit into the box"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"capsulize",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"constringe",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"narrow (down)",
|
|
"telescope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jam-pack",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"boil down",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decompress",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mob squeezes all the local merchants by threatening violence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to force one's way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was able to squeeze through the people clustered around the luggage carousel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"elbow",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shoulder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he gave the plastic bag a squeeze and then folded it up for storage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"compaction",
|
|
"compression",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"constriction",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"telescoping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"simplification",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"lessening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilation",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"distension",
|
|
"distention",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decompression",
|
|
"expansion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with whom one is in love":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she and her main squeeze are spending Valentine's Day at a romantic country inn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"hon",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"sweetie",
|
|
"sweetie pie",
|
|
"truelove"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beau",
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boyfriend",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"swain",
|
|
"gal",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"girlfriend",
|
|
"inamorata",
|
|
"ladylove",
|
|
"lass",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"tootsie",
|
|
"amour",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"paramour",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"duck(s)",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"suitor",
|
|
"wooer",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"bride",
|
|
"wife",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"heartthrob"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squad":{
|
|
"a group of people working together on a task":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cleaning squad usually arrives after regular business hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"platoon",
|
|
"team"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"corps",
|
|
"troop",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"troupe",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"personnel",
|
|
"staff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squashy":{
|
|
"giving easily to the touch":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bed covered in big squashy pillows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"pulpy",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spongy",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"squooshy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"compressible",
|
|
"crushable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"crush-proof",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"rocklike",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squirrelling (away)":{
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squirreled the information away for future reference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying away",
|
|
"laying by",
|
|
"laying in",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"putting by",
|
|
"salting away",
|
|
"stashing",
|
|
"stockpiling",
|
|
"storing",
|
|
"stowing",
|
|
"treasuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rounding up",
|
|
"scraping (together)",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"coffering",
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"setting by",
|
|
"stocking",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"secreting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unloading",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"using up",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeak":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the robbers eventually squeaked about the others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"grass (on)",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"rat (on)",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"backstab",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"sell (out)",
|
|
"two-time",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"tip (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in squeal , screech":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"blat",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"bray",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"caw",
|
|
"cheep",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"crake",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"honk",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"meow",
|
|
"miaow",
|
|
"mew",
|
|
"moo",
|
|
"neigh",
|
|
"oink",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"tu-whit tu-whoo",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"whinny",
|
|
"yap",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yip",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"note"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"square away":{
|
|
"as in work out , plan":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"programme",
|
|
"schematize",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"opt",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"agree (on)",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finalize",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wrap up",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"negotiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"differ (over)",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squabbles":{
|
|
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"frightened by noise of the squabble , the cat hid under the couch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercations",
|
|
"argle-bargles",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"argy-bargies",
|
|
"battles royal",
|
|
"battle royals",
|
|
"battles royale",
|
|
"battle royales",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversies",
|
|
"cross fires",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"donnybrooks",
|
|
"fallings-out",
|
|
"falling-outs",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"imbroglios",
|
|
"kickups",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"rhubarbs",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"set-tos",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"run-ins",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"tussles",
|
|
"logomachies",
|
|
"feuds",
|
|
"vendettas",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"contentions",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"disputations",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protestations",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"affrays",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"free-for-alls",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"catfights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children squabbled loudly over who got to play with the toy first"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercates",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"argufies",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"brabbles",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"nitpicks",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"protests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexists",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurs",
|
|
"consents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squinny":{
|
|
"as in squint":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"squint",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"leer",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"stare",
|
|
"side-glance",
|
|
"coup d'oeil",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeeze off":{
|
|
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hunter waited for the deer to start feeding, then squeezed off several rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"shoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"blaze (at)",
|
|
"snipe (at)",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squib":{
|
|
"as in comedy , slapstick":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"skit",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"pasquinade",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"takeoff",
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"travesty",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"production"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeaky-clean":{
|
|
"free from dirt or stain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feeling squeaky-clean and smelling nice after her bath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"germfree",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"abluted",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleaned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"square dances":{
|
|
"as in hoedowns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoedowns",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"celebrations",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"festivals",
|
|
"festivities",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"masques",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"receptions",
|
|
"shindigs",
|
|
"soirees",
|
|
"soir\u00e9es",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"cotillions",
|
|
"cotillons",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"formals",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"proms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squirrels (away)":{
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squirreled the information away for future reference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays away",
|
|
"lays by",
|
|
"lays in",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"puts by",
|
|
"salts away",
|
|
"stashes",
|
|
"stockpiles",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"stows",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rounds up",
|
|
"scrapes (together)",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"coffers",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"sets by",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"secretes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unloads",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"uses up",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squatters":{
|
|
"as in newcomers , colonists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colonists",
|
|
"newcomers",
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"foreigners",
|
|
"noncitizens",
|
|
"nonnatives",
|
|
"migrators",
|
|
"pilgrims",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"trekkers",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"deportees",
|
|
"evacuees",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriates",
|
|
"refugees",
|
|
"relocatees",
|
|
"repatriates",
|
|
"emigrants",
|
|
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
|
|
"emigr\u00e9s",
|
|
"immigrants",
|
|
"incomers",
|
|
"in-migrants",
|
|
"migrants",
|
|
"out-migrants",
|
|
"settlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonimmigrants",
|
|
"aborigines",
|
|
"natives",
|
|
"citizens",
|
|
"habitants",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"nationals",
|
|
"residents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squarish":{
|
|
"as in rectangular , boxy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blockish",
|
|
"blocky",
|
|
"boxlike",
|
|
"boxy",
|
|
"cubic",
|
|
"cubical",
|
|
"cuboid",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"quadrate",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"rectangular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"square (off)":{
|
|
"as in fight , battle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"accost",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"face up (to)",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"outbrave",
|
|
"outface"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"sidestep",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squooshy":{
|
|
"giving easily to the touch":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a toddler clutching a squooshy teddy bear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"pulpy",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spongy",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squishy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"compressible",
|
|
"crushable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"crush-proof",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"rocklike",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squealer":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after finding out who told on them, the hoodlums proceeded to give the squealer the beating of his life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"canary",
|
|
"deep throat",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"stoolie",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"whistle-blower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"leaker",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"notifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squarely":{
|
|
"as stated or indicated without the slightest difference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a line that is squarely in the middle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"due",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smack-dab"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squabblers":{
|
|
"a person who takes part in a dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the neighbors can be squabblers sometimes, but they're really no worse than most couples"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguers",
|
|
"argufiers",
|
|
"bickerers",
|
|
"brawlers",
|
|
"debaters",
|
|
"disputants",
|
|
"disputers",
|
|
"fighters",
|
|
"quarrelers",
|
|
"quarrellers",
|
|
"scrappers",
|
|
"wranglers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"codefendants",
|
|
"co-defendants",
|
|
"defendants",
|
|
"plaintiffs",
|
|
"pleaders",
|
|
"challengers",
|
|
"contenders",
|
|
"contestants",
|
|
"skirmishers",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"quibblers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"squeaked":{
|
|
"as in whispered , muttered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"intoned",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"sonant",
|
|
"oral",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"unexpressed",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"unspoken",
|
|
"unuttered",
|
|
"unvoiced",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"voiceless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the robbers eventually squeaked about the others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finked",
|
|
"grassed (on)",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"ratted (on)",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"snitched",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"backstabbed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"sold (out)",
|
|
"two-timed",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"tipped (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squatty":{
|
|
"being compact and broad in build and often short in stature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a squatty little wrestler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"stumpy",
|
|
"thickset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickish",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"anorexic",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"wiry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"square":{
|
|
"having four equal sides and four right angles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a square room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"quadrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blockish",
|
|
"blocky",
|
|
"boxlike",
|
|
"boxy",
|
|
"cubic",
|
|
"cubical",
|
|
"cuboid",
|
|
"squarish",
|
|
"rectangular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"received a square hearing from the disciplinary panel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"evenhanded",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"ex parte",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"nonobjective",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"parti pris",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"unjust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that explanation squares entirely with the evidence that we've seen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"chord",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"coincide",
|
|
"comport",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"consist",
|
|
"correspond",
|
|
"dovetail",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"rhyme",
|
|
"rime",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"tally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"register"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"jar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differ (from)",
|
|
"disagree (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to square the police officer into ignoring the illegal operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bribe",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"pay off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lead on",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in place , plaza":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forecourt",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"plaza",
|
|
"atrium",
|
|
"galleria",
|
|
"parvis",
|
|
"parvise",
|
|
"peristyle",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"terrace",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"courtyard",
|
|
"enclosure",
|
|
"inclosure",
|
|
"patio",
|
|
"quad",
|
|
"quadrangle",
|
|
"yard",
|
|
"curtilage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fuddy-duddy , standpatter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"standpatter",
|
|
"stuffed shirt",
|
|
"traditionalist",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roader",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"conformer",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conventionalist",
|
|
"follower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bohemian",
|
|
"boho",
|
|
"counterculturist",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"enfant terrible",
|
|
"free spirit",
|
|
"heretic",
|
|
"iconoclast",
|
|
"individualist",
|
|
"loner",
|
|
"lone ranger",
|
|
"lone wolf",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformer",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"freethinker",
|
|
"renegade"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squirrel (away)":{
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squirreled the information away for future reference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay away",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lay in",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"put by",
|
|
"salt away",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"stockpile",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"stow",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"round up",
|
|
"scrape (together)",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"coffer",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"set by",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"secrete"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"use up",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squelches":{
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"immediately squelched any signs of rebellion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamps down (on)",
|
|
"cracks down (on)",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"slaps down",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"throttles",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"vanquishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props up",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his irritated glare squelched any other potential objectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbs",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"mutes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quietens",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"shushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ripostes , put-downs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"wisecracks",
|
|
"witticisms",
|
|
"zingers",
|
|
"comebacks",
|
|
"repartees",
|
|
"retorts",
|
|
"ripostes",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"back talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squoosh":{
|
|
"as in squish , squeeze":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"mash",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"squish",
|
|
"bear (down on)",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"weigh (on or upon)",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"lean (on or against)",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jam-pack",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squatter":{
|
|
"as in newcomer , colonist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colonist",
|
|
"newcomer",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreigner",
|
|
"noncitizen",
|
|
"nonnative",
|
|
"migrator",
|
|
"pilgrim",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"trekker",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"deportee",
|
|
"evacuee",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"refugee",
|
|
"relocatee",
|
|
"repatriate",
|
|
"emigrant",
|
|
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
|
|
"emigr\u00e9",
|
|
"immigrant",
|
|
"incomer",
|
|
"in-migrant",
|
|
"migrant",
|
|
"out-migrant",
|
|
"settler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonimmigrant",
|
|
"aborigine",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"citizen",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"resident"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squirmed":{
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the toddler squirmed the whole time we were in the waiting room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fidgeted",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jigged",
|
|
"jiggled",
|
|
"squiggled",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"wiggled",
|
|
"wriggled",
|
|
"writhed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"quaked",
|
|
"quivered",
|
|
"shivered",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuddered",
|
|
"trembled",
|
|
"paced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squooshes":{
|
|
"as in squishes , squeezes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"mashes",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"squishes",
|
|
"bears (down on)",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"weighs (on or upon)",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"leans (on or against)",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"scrunches",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"jam-packs",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"wedges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeal":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that stool pigeon squealed to the police about the whole smuggling operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"grass (on)",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"rat (on)",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"backstab",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"sell (out)",
|
|
"two-time",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"tip (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child squealed with frustration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"yelp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
"vociferate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"whisper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoped that a DVD player in the backseat would keep the kids from squealing about long car rides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quarrel (with)",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"commend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"rejoice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in screech , howl":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"blat",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"bray",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"caw",
|
|
"cheep",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"crake",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"honk",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"meow",
|
|
"miaow",
|
|
"mew",
|
|
"moo",
|
|
"neigh",
|
|
"oink",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"tu-whit tu-whoo",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"whinny",
|
|
"yap",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yip",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"note"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squinched":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squinched down to fit under the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"hunched",
|
|
"hunkered (down)",
|
|
"scrunched",
|
|
"squatted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curled up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squinched up her eyes in disgust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contorted",
|
|
"deformed",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"misshaped",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened",
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't squinch a bit when the intruder pulled a knife on him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"cringed",
|
|
"flinched",
|
|
"quailed",
|
|
"recoiled",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"winced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"quaked",
|
|
"quivered",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuddered",
|
|
"trembled",
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"wavered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squawkers":{
|
|
"as in screamers , bawlers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawlers",
|
|
"bleaters",
|
|
"moaners",
|
|
"screamers",
|
|
"wailers",
|
|
"weepers",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crybabies",
|
|
"fussbudgets",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"fusspots",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"kvetchers",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"snivelers",
|
|
"whiners",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"malcontents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squirmy":{
|
|
"making jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a squirmy baby"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"fidgety",
|
|
"twitchy",
|
|
"wiggly",
|
|
"wriggly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"twittery",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squirting":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water squirting out of the faucet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"swooshing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"fountaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"percolating",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"trickling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squabs":{
|
|
"a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at one point Robinson Crusoe tells of making a rough-hewn squab with the skins of animals he had killed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chesterfields",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"davenports",
|
|
"divans",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"settees",
|
|
"sofas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"love seats",
|
|
"recamiers",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates",
|
|
"daybeds",
|
|
"sofa beds",
|
|
"studio couches",
|
|
"banquettes",
|
|
"benches",
|
|
"ottomans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squiggle":{
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pediatrician's waiting room full of squiggling toddlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fidget",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"wriggle",
|
|
"writhe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are some illegible notes squiggled in the margins of the old book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"scribble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"jot (down)",
|
|
"ink",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"pencil",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"write"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squinch":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squinched down to fit under the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hunker (down)",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"squat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curl up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squinched up her eyes in disgust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contort",
|
|
"deform",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"misshape",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"wreathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"uncurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't squinch a bit when the intruder pulled a knife on him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"cringe",
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"quail",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"wince"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"whiten",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"waver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wince , flinch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"wince",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"moue",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"rictus",
|
|
"simper",
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squalid":{
|
|
"severely lacking in cleanliness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The squalid boarding house was overrun with rats."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"sooty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"not moral or honest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The whole squalid affair will rightly end the politician's public career."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-down",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"condemnable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"reptilian",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"reproachable",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squawking":{
|
|
"engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the PTA meeting was filled with squawking parents, voicing their dislike of the new vice-principal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blatant",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"clamant",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"vociferant",
|
|
"vociferating",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"dinning",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"loudmouthed",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"robustious",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"cacophonous",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she squawked on for hours about how salespeople were always rude to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squashing":{
|
|
"to cause to become a pulpy mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sort of person who couldn't even squash a bug"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"mashing",
|
|
"pulping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squashed any effort to reform the country's power structure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamping down (on)",
|
|
"cracking down (on)",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"slapping down",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"throttling",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"vanquishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"helping",
|
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"propping up",
|
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"supporting",
|
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"fomenting",
|
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"inciting",
|
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"instigating",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"advancing",
|
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"cultivating",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
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"forwarding",
|
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"fostering",
|
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"furthering",
|
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"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
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"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squelch":{
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"immediately squelched any signs of rebellion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
|
"crack down (on)",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"slap down",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"throttle",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dominate",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"vanquish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop up",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his irritated glare squelched any other potential objectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieten",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"shush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in riposte , put-down":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"witticism",
|
|
"zinger",
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"repartee",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"riposte",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"back talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squawker":{
|
|
"as in screamer , bawler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawler",
|
|
"bleater",
|
|
"moaner",
|
|
"screamer",
|
|
"wailer",
|
|
"weeper",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crybaby",
|
|
"fussbudget",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"fusspot",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"kvetcher",
|
|
"sniveler",
|
|
"whiner",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"malcontent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squalled":{
|
|
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby squalled in pain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"shrilled",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"yelped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squared (off)":{
|
|
"as in fought , battled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contended (with)",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"accosted",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"faced up (to)",
|
|
"fronted",
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"brazened",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"outbraved",
|
|
"outfaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"funked",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"sidestepped",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squawks":{
|
|
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we don't receive any squawks , we can assume the change was acceptable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"grievances",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"misereres",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"plaints",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"demurs",
|
|
"expostulations",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"remonstrances",
|
|
"stinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she squawked on for hours about how salespeople were always rude to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grizzles",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"inveighs",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"repines",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels (with)",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"rejoices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeezes off":{
|
|
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hunter waited for the deer to start feeding, then squeezed off several rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"shoots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"blazes (at)",
|
|
"snipes (at)",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"catapults",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"lobs",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"square shooter":{
|
|
"as in straight shooter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"straight shooter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hypocrite",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"feigner",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"fabricator",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fibber",
|
|
"liar",
|
|
"prevaricator",
|
|
"storyteller"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeals":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that stool pigeon squealed to the police about the whole smuggling operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"grasses (on)",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"rats (on)",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"splits (on)",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"backstabs",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"sells (out)",
|
|
"two-times",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"tips (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cry out loudly and emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child squealed with frustration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"shrills",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"yelps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"thunders",
|
|
"vociferates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoped that a DVD player in the backseat would keep the kids from squealing about long car rides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grizzles",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"inveighs",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"repines",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels (with)",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"rejoices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in screeches , howls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"blats",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"brays",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"caws",
|
|
"cheeps",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"crakes",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"honks",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"lows",
|
|
"meows",
|
|
"miaows",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"moos",
|
|
"neighs",
|
|
"oinks",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"trumpets",
|
|
"tu-whit tu-whoos",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"whinnies",
|
|
"yaps",
|
|
"yelps",
|
|
"yips",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"notes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeezed":{
|
|
"as in pressed , crushed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"massed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"wall-to-wall",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"overcrowded",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"serried",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"impervious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"uncrowded",
|
|
"commodious",
|
|
"roomy",
|
|
"spacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept squeezing the bottle until the ketchup squirted all over the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"mashed",
|
|
"pressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"pulped",
|
|
"pureed",
|
|
"pur\u00e9ed",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"extruded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think we can squeeze a bit more into the washing machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"sandwiched",
|
|
"shoehorned",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to squeeze a living by cleaning houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eked (out)",
|
|
"scraped (up or together)",
|
|
"scrounged",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squeezed the blanket until it fit into the box"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capsuled",
|
|
"capsulized",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"constringed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"narrowed (down)",
|
|
"telescoped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"boiled down",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decompressed",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mob squeezes all the local merchants by threatening violence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"thimblerigged",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to force one's way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was able to squeeze through the people clustered around the luggage carousel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bulled",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"elbowed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shouldered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squanderers":{
|
|
"someone who spends money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the elderly woman refused to leave any money to the family's most notorious squanderer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterers",
|
|
"high rollers",
|
|
"prodigals",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"spenders",
|
|
"spendthrifts",
|
|
"wasters",
|
|
"wastrels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskates",
|
|
"misers",
|
|
"niggards",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"scrooges",
|
|
"skinflints",
|
|
"tightwads",
|
|
"conservers",
|
|
"savers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizers",
|
|
"penny-pinchers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squiggles":{
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pediatrician's waiting room full of squiggling toddlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"squirms",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"wriggles",
|
|
"writhes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"quakes",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"shudders",
|
|
"trembles",
|
|
"paces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are some illegible notes squiggled in the margins of the old book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"jots (down)",
|
|
"inks",
|
|
"inscribes",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"pencils",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"writes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squishy":{
|
|
"giving easily to the touch":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a squishy beanbag chair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"pulpy",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spongy",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squooshy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"compressible",
|
|
"crushable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"crush-proof",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"rocklike",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not precisely correct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those are awfully squishy estimates for the final cost of a new football stadium"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"approximative",
|
|
"ballpark",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"loose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"erroneous",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"indefinable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"mistaken",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"unconfirmed",
|
|
"unsubstantiated",
|
|
"unsupported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definable",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"validated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dead-on",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"ultraprecise",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeezing off":{
|
|
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hunter waited for the deer to start feeding, then squeezed off several rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"shooting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"blazing (at)",
|
|
"sniping (at)",
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"lobbing",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squalor":{
|
|
"very bad and dirty conditions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The family was living in squalor .",
|
|
"I was shocked by the squalor of their surroundings."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insanitation",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dinge",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"soilage",
|
|
"sordidness",
|
|
"squalidness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness",
|
|
"discoloration",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"mussiness",
|
|
"sloppiness",
|
|
"untidiness",
|
|
"muddiness",
|
|
"sootiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squalidness":{
|
|
"the state or quality of being dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the squalidness of the laborers' shack made my stomach turn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dinge",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"soilage",
|
|
"sordidness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discoloration",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"mussiness",
|
|
"sloppiness",
|
|
"untidiness",
|
|
"insanitation",
|
|
"squalor",
|
|
"muddiness",
|
|
"sootiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeeze plays":{
|
|
"as in squeezes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"fears",
|
|
"intimidations",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"swords",
|
|
"terrorisms",
|
|
"terrors",
|
|
"threats",
|
|
"violences",
|
|
"mights",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"potencies",
|
|
"puissances",
|
|
"strengths",
|
|
"browbeatings",
|
|
"bulldozings",
|
|
"self-wills",
|
|
"arm-twistings",
|
|
"coercions",
|
|
"compulsions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"duresses",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"suasions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squooshed":{
|
|
"as in squished , squeezed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"mashed",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"squished",
|
|
"bore (down on)",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"weighed (on or upon)",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"leaned (on or against)",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"scrunched",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squiggling":{
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pediatrician's waiting room full of squiggling toddlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"pacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are some illegible notes squiggled in the margins of the old book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"scrawling",
|
|
"scribbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"jotting (down)",
|
|
"inking",
|
|
"inscribing",
|
|
"lettering",
|
|
"penciling",
|
|
"pencilling",
|
|
"penning",
|
|
"printing",
|
|
"writing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squeezed off":{
|
|
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hunter waited for the deer to start feeding, then squeezed off several rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"blazed (at)",
|
|
"sniped (at)",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"lobbed",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squirt":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water squirting out of the faucet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"swoosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"fountain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"leak",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"percolate",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"added a squirt of lemon juice to the baked haddock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"spritz",
|
|
"geyser",
|
|
"spouter",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"burst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I am fond of the little squirt , I'll admit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairn",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"chick",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprout",
|
|
"whelp",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"kindergartner",
|
|
"kindergartener",
|
|
"preschooler",
|
|
"rug rat",
|
|
"schoolboy",
|
|
"schoolchild",
|
|
"schoolgirl",
|
|
"schoolkid",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"bantling",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"neonate",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"weanling",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hellion",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"jackanapes",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"cherub",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"preteen-ager",
|
|
"subteen",
|
|
"teen",
|
|
"teenager",
|
|
"teener",
|
|
"teenybopper",
|
|
"tween",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"shaver",
|
|
"stripling",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"bobby-soxer",
|
|
"hoyden",
|
|
"tomboy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-ager",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"golden-ager",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squares":{
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that explanation squares entirely with the evidence that we've seen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"chords",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"coincides",
|
|
"comports",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"consists",
|
|
"corresponds",
|
|
"dovetails",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"registers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"jars"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differs (from)",
|
|
"disagrees (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to square the police officer into ignoring the illegal operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bribes",
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"pays off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"tampers (with)",
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"leads on",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in places , plazas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forecourts",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"plazas",
|
|
"atria",
|
|
"atriums",
|
|
"gallerias",
|
|
"parvises",
|
|
"peristyles",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"terraces",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"courtyards",
|
|
"enclosures",
|
|
"inclosures",
|
|
"patios",
|
|
"quadrangles",
|
|
"quads",
|
|
"yards",
|
|
"curtilages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fuddy-duddies , standpatters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"standpatters",
|
|
"stuffed shirts",
|
|
"traditionalists",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roaders",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"conformers",
|
|
"conformists",
|
|
"conventionalists",
|
|
"followers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"bohos",
|
|
"counterculturists",
|
|
"deviants",
|
|
"enfants terribles",
|
|
"free spirits",
|
|
"heretics",
|
|
"iconoclasts",
|
|
"individualists",
|
|
"lone rangers",
|
|
"loners",
|
|
"lone wolves",
|
|
"mavericks",
|
|
"nonconformers",
|
|
"nonconformists",
|
|
"freethinkers",
|
|
"renegades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squares (off)":{
|
|
"as in fights , battles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contends (with)",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"accosts",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"faces up (to)",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"brazens",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"confronts",
|
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"dares",
|
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"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"outbraves",
|
|
"outfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"funks",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"sidesteps",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squinching":{
|
|
"the twisting of something out of its natural or normal shape or condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"warned him that the constant squinching of his face would someday leave him with a permanently deformed look"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contortion",
|
|
"deformation",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"misshaping",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"warping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"deformity",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"malformation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squinched down to fit under the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"hunching",
|
|
"hunkering (down)",
|
|
"scrunching",
|
|
"squatting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curling up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squinched up her eyes in disgust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contorting",
|
|
"deforming",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"misshaping",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"warping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncurling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't squinch a bit when the intruder pulled a knife on him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
"quailing",
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"wincing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"paling",
|
|
"whitening",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squish":{
|
|
"as in squeeze , punch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"mash",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"squoosh",
|
|
"bear (down on)",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"weigh (on or upon)",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"lean (on or against)",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jam-pack",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squally":{
|
|
"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful driving in this squally weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"windblown",
|
|
"windswept",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"serene"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"unclouded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by strong wind or more wind than usual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this coastal region often experiences wet, squally weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drafty",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squiffed":{
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Scotsman was squiffed when he passed out by the roadside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squealers":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after finding out who told on them, the hoodlums proceeded to give the squealer the beating of his life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"canaries",
|
|
"deep throats",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"stoolies",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"whistle-blowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"leakers",
|
|
"snoopers",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"notifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"squibs":{
|
|
"as in comedies , slapsticks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"farces",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"skits",
|
|
"slapsticks",
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"pasquinades",
|
|
"satires",
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"takeoffs",
|
|
"derisions",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"cartoons",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"travesties",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"productions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |