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1428 lines
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{
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"wet-nursed":{
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"to give milk to from the breast":{
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"examples":[
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"wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breast-fed",
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"nursed",
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"suckled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bottle-fed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"weaned"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to treat with great or excessive care":{
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"examples":[
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"recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"babied",
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"cockered",
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"coddled",
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"cosseted",
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"dandled",
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"indulged",
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"mollycoddled",
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"nursed",
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"pampered",
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"spoiled",
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"spoilt"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"catered (to)",
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"humored",
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"contented",
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"delighted",
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"gladdened",
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"gratified",
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"mothered",
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"obliged",
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"pleased",
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"satisfied",
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"appeased",
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"mollified",
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"pacified",
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"placated",
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"soothed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"controlled",
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"disciplined",
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"restrained",
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"oppressed",
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"neglected",
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"overlooked",
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"slighted",
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"molested",
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"outraged",
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"violated",
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"harassed",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"injured",
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"oppressed",
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"persecuted",
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"tormented",
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"tortured",
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"victimized"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"abused",
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"ill-treated",
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"ill-used",
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"maltreated",
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"manhandled",
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"mishandled",
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"mistreated",
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"misused"
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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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"wet-nursing":{
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"to give milk to from the breast":{
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"examples":[
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"wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breast-feeding",
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"nursing",
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"suckling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bottle-feeding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to treat with great or excessive care":{
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"examples":[
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"recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"babying",
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"cockering",
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"coddling",
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"cosseting",
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"dandling",
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"indulging",
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"mollycoddling",
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"nursing",
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"pampering",
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"spoiling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"catering (to)",
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"humoring",
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"contenting",
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"delighting",
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"gladdening",
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"gratifying",
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"mothering",
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"obliging",
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"pleasing",
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"satisfying",
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"appeasing",
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"mollifying",
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"pacifying",
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"placating",
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"soothing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"controlling",
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"disciplining",
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"restraining",
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"oppressing",
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"neglecting",
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"overlooking",
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"slighting",
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"molesting",
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"outraging",
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"violating",
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"harassing",
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"harming",
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"hurting",
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"injuring",
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"oppressing",
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"persecuting",
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"tormenting",
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"torturing",
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"victimizing"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"abusing",
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"ill-treating",
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"ill-using",
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"maltreating",
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"manhandling",
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"mishandling",
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"mistreating",
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"misusing"
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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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"wetted":{
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"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
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"examples":[
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"I left the car windows open while it rained, and the seats got all wet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"awash",
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"bathed",
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"bedraggled",
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"doused",
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"dowsed",
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"drenched",
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"dripping",
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"logged",
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"saturate",
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"saturated",
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"soaked",
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"soaking",
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"sodden",
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"soggy",
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"sopping",
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"soppy",
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"soused",
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"washed",
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"watered",
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"waterlogged",
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"water-soaked",
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"watery"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deluged",
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"drowned",
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"flooded",
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"inundated",
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"overflowed",
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"submerged",
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"swamped",
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"hydrated",
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"dipped",
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"dunked",
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"splashed",
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"aqueous",
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"steeped",
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"flushed",
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"irrigated",
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"laved",
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"rinsed",
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"sluiced",
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"clammy",
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"damp",
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"dampish",
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"dank",
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"humid",
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"moist",
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"semimoist",
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"wettish",
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"boggy",
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"miry",
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"seepy",
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"sloppy",
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"squashy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bone-dry",
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"hyperarid",
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"ultradry",
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"waterproof",
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"water-repellent",
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"water-resistant",
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"watertight",
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"baked",
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"dehydrated",
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"freeze-dried",
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"droughty",
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"parched",
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"sere",
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"sear",
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"sunbaked",
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"thirsty",
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"wrung"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"arid",
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"dry",
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"unwatered",
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"waterless"
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]
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},
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"marked by or abounding with rain":{
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"examples":[
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"a wet and dreary day"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"pouring",
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"precipitating",
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"rainy",
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"stormy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drippy",
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"drizzling",
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"drizzly",
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"misty",
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"mizzly",
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"spitting",
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"sprinkling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dry"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"being under the influence of alcohol":{
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"examples":[
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"designated a driver so the others could get wet and make it home safely at the end of the night"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"besotted",
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"blasted",
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"blind",
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"blitzed",
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"blotto",
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"bombed",
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"boozy",
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"canned",
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"cockeyed",
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"crocked",
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"drunk",
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"drunken",
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"fried",
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"gassed",
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"hammered",
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"high",
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"impaired",
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"inebriate",
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"inebriated",
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"intoxicated",
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"juiced",
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"lit",
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"lit up",
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"loaded",
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"looped",
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"oiled",
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"pickled",
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"pie-eyed",
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"plastered",
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"potted",
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"ripped",
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"sloshed",
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"smashed",
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"sottish",
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"soused",
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"sozzled",
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"squiffed",
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"squiffy",
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"stewed",
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"stiff",
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"stinking",
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"stoned",
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"tanked",
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"tiddly",
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"tight",
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"tipsy",
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"wasted",
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"wiped out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"maudlin",
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"beery",
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"befuddled",
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"bleary-eyed",
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"crapulous",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"rocky",
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"strung out",
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"stupefied",
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"debauched",
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"dissipated",
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"dissolute",
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"alcoholic",
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"bibulous",
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"dipsomaniacal"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abstemious",
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"abstinent",
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"dry",
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"temperate",
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"teetotal",
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"clearheaded",
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"cool",
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"level",
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"steady"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"sober",
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"straight"
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]
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},
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"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
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"examples":[
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"things get more than a little wet during the opera's big death scene"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chocolate-box",
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"cloying",
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"corny",
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"drippy",
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"fruity",
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"gooey",
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"lovey-dovey",
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"maudlin",
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"mawkish",
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"mushy",
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"novelettish",
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"saccharine",
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"sappy",
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"schmaltzy",
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"sentimental",
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"sloppy",
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"slushy",
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"soppy",
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"soupy",
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"spoony",
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"spooney",
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"sticky",
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"sugarcoated",
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"sugary"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dreamy",
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"misty-eyed",
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"moonstruck",
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"moony",
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"nostalgic",
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"starry-eyed",
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"feel-good",
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"fuzzy",
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"melodramatic",
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"soap-operatic",
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"soapy",
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"sudsy",
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"flat",
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"insipid",
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"soft-boiled",
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"tasteless",
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"vapid",
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"watery",
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"cutesy",
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"twee"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unadulterated",
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"unvarnished",
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"antisentimental",
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"cynical",
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"hard-boiled",
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"hard-edged",
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"hardheaded"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unsentimental"
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]
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},
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"lacking strength of will or character":{
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"examples":[
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"employees of the company despised their boss as a wet and ineffectual bloke"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"characterless",
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"effete",
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"frail",
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"invertebrate",
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"limp-wristed",
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"milk-and-water",
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"namby-pamby",
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"nerveless",
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"soft",
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"spineless",
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"weak",
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"weak-kneed",
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"weakened",
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"weakling",
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"wimpish",
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"wimpy",
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"wishy-washy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flabby",
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"flaccid",
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"forceless",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"impotent",
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"impuissant",
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"powerless",
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"emasculated",
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"unnerved",
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"lamblike",
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"meek",
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"pliable",
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"submissive",
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"corrupt",
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"dastardly",
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"unprincipled",
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"unscrupulous",
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"villainous",
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"cowardly",
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"craven",
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"fainthearted",
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"lily-livered",
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"nebbishy",
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"poltroon",
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"pusillanimous",
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"sissy",
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"timid",
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"infirm",
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"irresolute",
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"vacillating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ethical",
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"good",
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"moral",
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"principled",
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"right",
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"righteous",
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"upright",
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"virtuous",
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"determined",
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"mettlesome",
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"resolute",
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"unrelenting",
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"courageous",
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"stalwart",
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"stouthearted"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"backboned",
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"firm",
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"hard",
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"strong",
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"tough"
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]
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},
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"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
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"examples":[
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"winced as he walked out into the wet without any protection"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cloudburst",
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"deluge",
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"downfall",
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"downpour",
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"rain",
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"rainfall",
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"rainstorm",
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"storm"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"precipitation",
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"shower",
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"thundershower",
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"thunderstorm",
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"weather"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drizzle",
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"mist",
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"mizzle",
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"scud",
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"spit",
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"sprinkle"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make wet":{
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"examples":[
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"you need to wet your hair thoroughly first"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bathe",
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"bedraggle",
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"douse",
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"dowse",
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"drench",
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"drown",
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"soak",
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"sodden",
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"sop",
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"souse",
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"wash",
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"water",
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"waterlog",
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"water-soak",
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"wet down"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"asperse",
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"bedew",
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"damp",
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"dampen",
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"drizzle",
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"humidify",
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"hydrate",
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"mist",
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"moisten",
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"moisturize",
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"shower",
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"sprinkle",
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"deluge",
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"flood",
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"hose (down)",
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"inundate",
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"overflow",
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"submerge",
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"swamp",
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"splash",
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"impregnate",
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"saturate",
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"steep",
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"flush",
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"irrigate",
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"lave",
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"rinse",
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"slosh",
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"sluice",
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"dip",
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"duck",
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"dunk",
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"rehydrate",
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"rewash",
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"rewet"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dewater",
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"evaporate",
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"freeze-dry",
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"drip-dry",
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"wring",
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"dehumidify"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dehydrate",
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"desiccate",
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"dry",
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"parch",
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"scorch",
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"sear"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wet-nurse":{
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"to give milk to from the breast":{
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"examples":[
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"wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself"
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],
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"synonyms":[
|
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"breast-feed",
|
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"nurse",
|
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"suckle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bottle-feed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"cocker",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"cosset",
|
|
"dandle",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"ill-treat",
|
|
"ill-use",
|
|
"maltreat",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wetting":{
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you need to wet your hair thoroughly first"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"bedraggling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"wetting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bedewing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"moisturizing",
|
|
"showering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"hosing (down)",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"laving",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"rehydrating",
|
|
"rewashing",
|
|
"rewetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatering",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"freeze-drying",
|
|
"drip-drying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wet behind the ears":{
|
|
"lacking in adult experience or maturity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The new intern is still a little wet behind the ears ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unfledged",
|
|
"unformed",
|
|
"unripe",
|
|
"unripened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantilized",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"boyish",
|
|
"girlish",
|
|
"juvenescent",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"youthful",
|
|
"maidenly",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"precocious",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wetness":{
|
|
"as in dankness , sogginess":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamminess",
|
|
"dankness",
|
|
"soddenness",
|
|
"sogginess",
|
|
"sultriness",
|
|
"mugginess",
|
|
"stickiness",
|
|
"stuffiness",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampness",
|
|
"humidity",
|
|
"moistness",
|
|
"moisture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aridity",
|
|
"dehumidification",
|
|
"dehydration",
|
|
"dryness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wets down":{
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will be easier to clean up if you wet down the surfaces first",
|
|
"the stylist began by wetting down my hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"bedraggles",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"soddens",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bedews",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"moistens",
|
|
"moisturizes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"hoses (down)",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"irrigates",
|
|
"laves",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"dunks",
|
|
"rehydrates",
|
|
"rewashes",
|
|
"rewets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewaters",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"freeze-dries",
|
|
"drip-dries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"sears"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wets":{
|
|
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"winced as he walked out into the wet without any protection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downpours",
|
|
"rainfalls",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"rainstorms",
|
|
"storms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precipitations",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"thundershowers",
|
|
"thunderstorms",
|
|
"weathers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you need to wet your hair thoroughly first"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"bedraggles",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"soddens",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"wets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bedews",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"moistens",
|
|
"moisturizes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"hoses (down)",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"irrigates",
|
|
"laves",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"dunks",
|
|
"rehydrates",
|
|
"rewashes",
|
|
"rewets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewaters",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"freeze-dries",
|
|
"drip-dries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"sears"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wetland":{
|
|
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the conservation board has not always been rigorous in protecting the wetlands from development"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bog",
|
|
"fen",
|
|
"marsh",
|
|
"marshland",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"muskeg",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"swampland",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swale",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wet-nurses":{
|
|
"to give milk to from the breast":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breast-feeds",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"suckles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottle-feeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"cockers",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"cossets",
|
|
"dandles",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"molests",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"violates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"ill-treats",
|
|
"ill-uses",
|
|
"maltreats",
|
|
"manhandles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wetting down":{
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will be easier to clean up if you wet down the surfaces first",
|
|
"the stylist began by wetting down my hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"bedraggling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"wetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bedewing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"moisturizing",
|
|
"showering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"hosing (down)",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"laving",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"rehydrating",
|
|
"rewashing",
|
|
"rewetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatering",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"freeze-drying",
|
|
"drip-drying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wet blanket":{
|
|
"a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd love to go to the party, but with my cold, I'm afraid I'd just be a wet blanket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"grinch",
|
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"killjoy",
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"party pooper",
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"spoilsport"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fuddy-duddy",
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"goody-goody",
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"Goody Two-shoes",
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"old maid",
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"stick-in-the-mud",
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"defeatist",
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"Jeremiah",
|
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"knocker",
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"pessimist",
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"complainer",
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"crab",
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"cynic",
|
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"grouch",
|
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"grump",
|
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"sorehead",
|
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"sourpuss",
|
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"whiner",
|
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"bore",
|
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"downer",
|
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"drip"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"cutup",
|
|
"jester",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"carouser",
|
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"celebrant",
|
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"celebrator",
|
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"merrymaker",
|
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"rejoicer",
|
|
"reveler",
|
|
"reveller",
|
|
"roisterer",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"playboy",
|
|
"playgirl",
|
|
"rake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wettish":{
|
|
"slightly or moderately wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"the ground is still rather wettish after last night's downpour"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"moist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"dewy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"muggy",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"summery",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"tropical",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |