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{
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"ennoble":{
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"antonyms":[
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"abase",
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"degrade",
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"demean",
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"humble",
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"humiliate"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to make noble : elevate":[
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"seemed ennobled by suffering"
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],
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": to raise to the rank of nobility":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a life ennobled by suffering",
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"Her skill and talent ennoble her profession.",
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"He was ennobled by the queen.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Set aside for a moment the fact that the conduct of a war can ennoble even when the outcome is likely doomed, as is generally believed of the Ukrainians, led by the astonishing Volodymyr Zelensky. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"At the same time, the religious elements in Crossroads work to ennoble the minutiae that Franzen embraces at last. \u2014 Becca Rothfeld, The Atlantic , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"Donald Trump did not heroically take up the cross of COVID-19 in order to ennoble or inspire the masses to reclaim their lives. \u2014 Joel Mathis, TheWeek , 5 Oct. 2020",
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"Ruin is ennobled without being prettified, aestheticized, pushed into the mental distance. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2020",
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"The parasocial nature of fan-artist bonds, in which followers invest one-sided emotional energy into the relationship, ennobles celebrities\u2019 words. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 24 Apr. 2020",
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"As Cromwell has grown in the public\u2019s esteem, so has Mantel; in 2014, she was ennobled by the Queen who now sits on Henry\u2019s throne, entitled to call herself Dame Hilary. \u2014 Dan Stewart, Time , 6 Mar. 2020",
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"On a beautiful afternoon last September, Fiennes drove me from his house to the grounds of Holkham Hall, which was built by the Coke family, who were ennobled as the Earls of Leicester by King George II, in 1744. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2020",
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"For a concerto is supposed to be a grand affair, an individual instrument ennobled by a major orchestra. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 5 Sep. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English ennobelen , from Middle French ennoblir , from Old French, from en- + noble noble":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"e-\u02c8n\u014d-",
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"i-\u02c8n\u014d-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"aggrandize",
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"canonize",
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"deify",
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"dignify",
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"elevate",
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"enshrine",
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"ensky",
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"enthrone",
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"exalt",
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"glorify",
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"magnify"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005028",
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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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"ennoblement":{
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"antonyms":[
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"abase",
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"degrade",
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"demean",
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"humble",
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"humiliate"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to make noble : elevate":[
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"seemed ennobled by suffering"
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],
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": to raise to the rank of nobility":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a life ennobled by suffering",
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"Her skill and talent ennoble her profession.",
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"He was ennobled by the queen.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Set aside for a moment the fact that the conduct of a war can ennoble even when the outcome is likely doomed, as is generally believed of the Ukrainians, led by the astonishing Volodymyr Zelensky. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"At the same time, the religious elements in Crossroads work to ennoble the minutiae that Franzen embraces at last. \u2014 Becca Rothfeld, The Atlantic , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"Donald Trump did not heroically take up the cross of COVID-19 in order to ennoble or inspire the masses to reclaim their lives. \u2014 Joel Mathis, TheWeek , 5 Oct. 2020",
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"Ruin is ennobled without being prettified, aestheticized, pushed into the mental distance. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2020",
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"The parasocial nature of fan-artist bonds, in which followers invest one-sided emotional energy into the relationship, ennobles celebrities\u2019 words. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 24 Apr. 2020",
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"As Cromwell has grown in the public\u2019s esteem, so has Mantel; in 2014, she was ennobled by the Queen who now sits on Henry\u2019s throne, entitled to call herself Dame Hilary. \u2014 Dan Stewart, Time , 6 Mar. 2020",
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"On a beautiful afternoon last September, Fiennes drove me from his house to the grounds of Holkham Hall, which was built by the Coke family, who were ennobled as the Earls of Leicester by King George II, in 1744. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2020",
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"For a concerto is supposed to be a grand affair, an individual instrument ennobled by a major orchestra. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 5 Sep. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English ennobelen , from Middle French ennoblir , from Old French, from en- + noble noble":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"e-\u02c8n\u014d-",
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"i-\u02c8n\u014d-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"aggrandize",
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"canonize",
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"deify",
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"dignify",
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"elevate",
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"enshrine",
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"ensky",
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"enthrone",
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"exalt",
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"glorify",
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"magnify"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165151",
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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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"ennui":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"When the antiproton was discovered \u2026 it sent a wave of ennui through the physics community. Not that its discovery was unimportant, but on the basis of Dirac's theory, everybody expected it. \u2014 Roger G. Newton , The Truth of Science , 1997",
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"Chauncey and I were keen enough about our aesthetic solution to the ennui of war to try to proselytize others. He organized discussion groups with the crew; I took volunteers to visit landmarks \u2026 \u2014 Louis Auchincloss , \"Atlantic War,\" in Authors at Sea , ed. Robert Shenk , 1997",
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"The attendant outside was standing on tennis balls, exercising the soles of her feet, her body swaying back and forth with the ennui of jelly. \u2014 Edna O'Brien , New Yorker , 17 June 1991",
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"Thus the days of life are consumed, one by one, without an object beyond the present moment; ever flying from the ennui of that, yet carrying it with us \u2026 \u2014 Thomas Jefferson , in a letter dated 7 Feb. 1787 Thomas Jefferson: Writings , 1984",
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"the kind of ennui that comes from having too much time on one's hands and too little will to find something productive to do",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Never mind that the project is just a rich man\u2019s folly, something that an 80-year-old millionaire decided to do in a bout of post-birthday ennui . \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 16 June 2022",
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"As weeks turn into months, a kind of ennui advects Rose\u2019s life like fog through a field \u2014 a slow transition that DP H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Louvart expertly maneuvers. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
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"Playing Jerry, Cranston\u2019s retirement ennui is relatable and touching. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
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"There will be no simple solutions to America\u2019s kid-vaccine ennui . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
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"But that wouldn\u2019t solve my ice-cream-versus- ennui problem. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"The protagonist of the novels was a man whose childhood was unsettled by his father and whose teen-age years were largely taken up with booze, artistic longings, and provincial ennui . \u2014 Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker , 3 Jan. 2022",
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"Little Miner\u2019s success is not a momentary starburst, a happy accident based on some curious collision of pandemic ennui , culinary fad and cultural obsession for foods that ooze, drip and radiate their charisma across our social channels. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2021",
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"This danceable song laid down a transient pop groove with an atmosphere redolent of ennui . \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 6 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1732, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, from Old French enui annoyance, from enuier to vex, from Late Latin inodiare to make loathsome \u2014 more at annoy":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u00e4n-\u02c8w\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"blahs",
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"boredom",
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"doldrums",
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"listlessness",
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"restlessness",
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"tedium",
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"weariness"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111509",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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}
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} |