7669 lines
148 KiB
JSON
7669 lines
148 KiB
JSON
{
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"slabs":{
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"as in sticks , ingots":{
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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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"slack (off)":{
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"as in forget , neglect":{
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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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"as in hang , hang around":{
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"slacken":{
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"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accelerate",
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"hasten",
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"hurry",
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"quicken",
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"rush",
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"speed (up)",
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"step up"
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],
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"examples":[
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"drivers need to slacken their speed as they approach the sharp curve"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drive",
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"encourage",
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"goad",
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"propel",
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"push",
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"spur",
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"stir",
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"urge",
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"advance",
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"aid",
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"dispatch",
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"ease",
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"expedite",
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"facilitate",
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"forward",
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"further",
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"help"
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],
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"related":[
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"halt",
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"stop",
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"encumber",
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"hamper",
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"handicap",
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"hinder",
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"hobble",
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"hold back",
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"hold up",
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"impede",
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"inhibit",
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"obstruct",
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"set back",
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"tie up",
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"bottleneck",
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"arrest",
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"check",
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"constrain",
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"curb",
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"rein",
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"restrain",
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"baffle",
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"foil",
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"frustrate",
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"sabotage",
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"thwart"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brake",
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"decelerate",
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"retard",
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"slow"
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]
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},
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"to make less taut":{
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"antonyms":[
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"strain",
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"stretch",
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"tense",
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"tension",
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"tighten"
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],
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"examples":[
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"you'll need to slacken the rope a bit to get it free of that post"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"attach",
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"bind",
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"fasten",
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"tie",
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"constrain",
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"restrain"
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],
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"related":[
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"detach",
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"free",
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"unbind",
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"undo",
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"unfasten",
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"untie"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ease",
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"loosen",
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"relax",
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"slack"
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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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"slackened":{
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"not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched":{
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"antonyms":[
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"taut",
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"tense",
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"tight"
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],
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"examples":[
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"slackened lines"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"constrained",
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"restrained",
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"attached",
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"bound",
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"fastened",
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"tied",
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"fast",
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"firm",
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"jammed",
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"snug",
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"stuck",
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"wedged"
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],
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"related":[
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"detached",
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"free",
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"unattached",
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"unbound",
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"undone",
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"unfastened",
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"untied",
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"baggy",
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"blousy",
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"saggy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"insecure",
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"lax",
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"loose",
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"loosened",
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"relaxed",
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"slack",
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"unsecured"
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]
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},
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"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accelerated",
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"hastened",
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"hurried",
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"quickened",
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"rushed",
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"sped (up)",
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"speeded (up)",
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"stepped up"
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],
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"examples":[
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"drivers need to slacken their speed as they approach the sharp curve"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drove",
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"encouraged",
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"goaded",
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"propelled",
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"pushed",
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"spurred",
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"stirred",
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"urged",
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"advanced",
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"aided",
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"dispatched",
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"eased",
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"expedited",
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"facilitated",
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"forwarded",
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"furthered",
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"helped"
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],
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"related":[
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"halted",
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"stopped",
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"encumbered",
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"hampered",
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"handicapped",
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"held back",
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"held up",
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"hindered",
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"hobbled",
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"impeded",
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"inhibited",
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"obstructed",
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"set back",
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"tied up",
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"bottlenecked",
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"arrested",
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"checked",
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"constrained",
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"curbed",
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"reined",
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"restrained",
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"baffled",
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"foiled",
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"frustrated",
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"sabotaged",
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"thwarted"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"braked",
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"decelerated",
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"retarded",
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"slowed"
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]
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},
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"to make less taut":{
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"antonyms":[
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"strained",
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"stretched",
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"tensed",
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"tensioned",
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"tightened"
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],
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"examples":[
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"you'll need to slacken the rope a bit to get it free of that post"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"attached",
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"bound",
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"fastened",
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"tied",
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"constrained",
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"restrained"
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],
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"related":[
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"detached",
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"freed",
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"unbound",
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"undid",
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"unfastened",
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"untied"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"eased",
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"loosened",
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"relaxed",
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"slacked"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"slaked":{
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"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a harrowing experience while mountain climbing has largely slaked my desire for high adventure"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aroused",
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"excited",
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"piqued",
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"stimulated",
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"tantalized",
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"teased"
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],
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"related":[
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"catered (to)",
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"gratified",
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"humored",
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"indulged",
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"alleviated",
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"lightened",
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"relieved",
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"cloyed",
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"saturated",
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"surfeited"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assuaged",
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"quenched",
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"sated",
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"satiated",
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"satisfied"
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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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"slammed":{
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"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the car slammed into the wall with a fearful crunch"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"missed",
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"skirted"
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],
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"related":[
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"bounced",
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"caromed",
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"clunked",
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"glanced",
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"rebounded",
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"ricocheted",
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"ricochetted",
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"skimmed",
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"skipped",
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"contacted",
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"landed",
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"touched",
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"brushed",
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"grazed",
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"kissed",
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"nudged",
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"scraped",
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"shaved",
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"swept",
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"bulldozed",
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"jostled",
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"muscled",
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"pressed",
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"pushed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banged",
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"bashed",
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"bumped",
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"collided",
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"crashed",
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"hit",
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"impacted",
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"impinged",
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"knocked",
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"rammed",
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"smashed",
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"struck",
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"swiped",
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"thudded"
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]
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},
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"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"slammed the cast members for forgetting their lines on opening night"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaimed",
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"commended",
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"complimented",
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"hailed",
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"lauded",
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"praised"
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],
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"related":[
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"berated",
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"harangued",
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"harassed",
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"harried",
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"reviled",
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"scolded",
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"whipped",
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"blasphemed",
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"cursed",
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"execrated",
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"imprecated",
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"profaned",
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"affronted",
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"insulted",
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"slurred",
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"aspersed",
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"bad-mouthed",
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"belittled",
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"blackguarded",
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"disparaged",
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"put down",
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"libeled",
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"libelled",
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"slandered",
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"traduced",
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"vilified",
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"chastised",
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"chid",
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"chided",
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"criticized",
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"laced (into)",
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"rebuked",
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"reprimanded",
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"fulminated",
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"lashed (out)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abused",
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"assailed",
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"attacked",
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"bashed",
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"belabored",
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"blasted",
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"castigated",
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"excoriated",
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"jumped (on)",
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"lambasted",
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"potshot",
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"savaged",
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"scathed",
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"trashed",
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"vituperated"
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]
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},
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"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"she slammed the ball deep into center field"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"buffeted",
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"bunged",
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"chopped",
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"cuffed",
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"drubbed",
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"laced",
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"lambasted",
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"licked",
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"mangled",
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"mauled",
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"pelted",
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"peppered",
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"pommeled",
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"pommelled",
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"pummeled",
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"pummelled",
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"roughed",
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"scuffed",
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"bunted",
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"flicked",
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"stroked",
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"tapped",
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"bumped",
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"butted",
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"jabbed",
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"jostled",
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"kicked",
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"kneed",
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"poked",
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"prodded",
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"pushed",
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"shoved",
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"stamped",
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"bowled (down or over)",
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"creamed",
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"decked",
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"dumped",
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"felled",
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"floored",
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"knocked down",
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"leveled",
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"levelled",
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"rabbit-punched",
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"sucker punched",
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"caned",
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"clubbed",
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"cudgeled",
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"cudgelled",
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"flailed",
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"flogged",
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"lashed",
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"sapped",
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"slashed",
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"sledged",
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"sledgehammered",
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"speared",
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"stabbed",
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"switched",
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"thrashed",
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"whipped",
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"beaned",
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"brained",
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"conked",
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"skulled"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banged",
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"bashed",
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"batted",
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"belted",
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"biffed",
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"bludgeoned",
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"bobbed",
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"bonked",
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"bopped",
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"boxed",
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"busted",
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"bust",
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"clapped",
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"clapt",
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"clipped",
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"clobbered",
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"clocked",
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"clouted",
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"cracked",
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"hammered",
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"hit",
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"knocked",
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"nailed",
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"pasted",
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"pounded",
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"punched",
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"rapped",
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"slapped",
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"slogged",
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"slugged",
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"smacked",
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"smote",
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"socked",
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"struck",
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"swatted",
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"swiped",
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"tagged",
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"thumped",
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"thwacked",
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"walloped",
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"whacked",
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"whaled",
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"zapped"
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]
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},
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"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"please don't slam the door every time you step out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"opened",
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"unbarred",
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"unbolted",
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"unfastened",
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"unlatched",
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"unlocked",
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"unsealed"
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],
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"related":[
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"closed",
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"shut",
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"stopped",
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"barred",
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"battened (down)",
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"bolted",
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"chained",
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"fastened",
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"latched",
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"locked",
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"sealed",
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"secured"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banged"
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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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"slaps down":{
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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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"public protests against the dictatorial government were always promptly slapped down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abets",
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"aids",
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"assists",
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"backs",
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"helps",
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"props up",
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"supports",
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"foments",
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"incites",
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"instigates",
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"provokes",
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"stirs",
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"whips (up)",
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"advances",
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"cultivates",
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"encourages",
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"forwards",
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"fosters",
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"furthers",
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"nourishes",
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"nurtures",
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"promotes"
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],
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"related":[
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"douses",
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"dowses",
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"extinguishes",
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"puts out",
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"quenches",
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"smothers",
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"stifles",
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"strangles",
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"throttles",
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"annihilates",
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"decimates",
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"demolishes",
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"desolates",
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"destroys",
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"devastates",
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"nukes",
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"rubs out",
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"ruins",
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"smashes",
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"wastes",
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"wrecks",
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"exterminates",
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"obliterates",
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"wipes out",
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"conquers",
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"dominates",
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"overcomes",
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"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"vanquishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamps down (on)",
|
|
"cracks down (on)",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slashing":{
|
|
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crosscutting",
|
|
"hacksawing",
|
|
"scissoring",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"carving",
|
|
"chipping",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"sectioning",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"dicing",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"amputating",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"severing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"incising",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"slicing",
|
|
"slitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wildly slashing the ground with his club and never once hitting the golf ball he was aiming at"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knouting",
|
|
"quirting",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"touching up",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slaughtered":{
|
|
"to kill on a large scale":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slaughtering":{
|
|
"to kill on a large scale":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slavered":{
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dog slavering over a bone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"expectorated",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"frothed",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"salivated",
|
|
"slobbered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slavers":{
|
|
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slaver dripped from the snarling dog's jaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"expectorations",
|
|
"salivations",
|
|
"sputa",
|
|
"sputums"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"salivas",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"spittles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dog slavering over a bone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"expectorates",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"splutters",
|
|
"sputters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"salivates",
|
|
"slobbers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sledgehammered":{
|
|
"as in stabbed , sledged":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sleep":{
|
|
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"wake",
|
|
"wakefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"neither of them has been getting much sleep since the baby was born"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insomnia",
|
|
"sleeplessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"siesta",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"oversleeping",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"rapid eye movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"shut-eye",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing",
|
|
"z's",
|
|
"zs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regretfully put their terminally ill dog to sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being dead":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a grieving widower longing to join his beloved wife in her eternal sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immortality",
|
|
"life span",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mortality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadness",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"lifelessness",
|
|
"nothingness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of sleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby slept for the entire length of the car trip",
|
|
"found the night watchman sleeping at his post"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"wake"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drop off",
|
|
"drowse (off)",
|
|
"nod off",
|
|
"oversleep",
|
|
"sleep in",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"hibernate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in sexual intercourse":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if I don't read the tabloids, how will I know who is sleeping with whom this week?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"fornicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"copulate",
|
|
"mate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sleeping porches":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sleepless":{
|
|
"not sleeping or able to sleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"unawakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lay sleepless with worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dozy",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"rousted",
|
|
"wakened",
|
|
"about",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"reawakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"insomniac",
|
|
"wakeful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sleepy":{
|
|
"desiring or needing sleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"wakeful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sleepy children were carried up to bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"insomniac"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"yawning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dozy",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somnolent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sleepy party that was mostly attended by the same boring people I work with"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"vacant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"slow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slow to move or act":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"active"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sleepy little town on the coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"hardworking",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"sedulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"shiftless",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"slothful",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"sluggardly",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sedentary",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"drugged",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"somnambulant",
|
|
"catatonic",
|
|
"comatose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tending to cause sleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stimulant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sleepy drone of his voice made staying awake a challenge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"stimulative",
|
|
"stimulatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"relaxant",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anesthetizing",
|
|
"benumbing",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somniferous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"soporific"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slicing":{
|
|
"to cut into long slender pieces":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slice the carrot into tiny strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chipping",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"dicing",
|
|
"hashing",
|
|
"julienning",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"scissoring",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"incising",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"slitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slivering",
|
|
"splintering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crosscutting",
|
|
"hacksawing",
|
|
"scissoring",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"carving",
|
|
"chipping",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"sectioning",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"dicing",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"amputating",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"severing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"incising",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"slitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slicks":{
|
|
"as in helicopters , choppers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pictorials":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in slickers , smoothies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slicking the bottom of their skis with wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsens",
|
|
"roughens",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"sears"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"greases",
|
|
"lubricates",
|
|
"oils",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slid":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"ghosted",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurked",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"moused",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slunk",
|
|
"slinked",
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"stole"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at this point the river slides along its banks with barely a ripple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"toiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"groveled",
|
|
"grovelled",
|
|
"slithered",
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"wriggled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slight":{
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to respond to their petty slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking bodily strength":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small lad with a slight build"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"virile",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"red-blooded",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"groggy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"woozy",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"resistless",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenic",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wimpish",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"unfrivolous",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a slight comedy that did nothing to further her career"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"key"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jerkwater",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"nickel-and-dime",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"small-time",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"nugatory",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of a size that is less than average":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slight youth packed a surprisingly solid punch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"boxcar",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"Bunyanesque",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"toy",
|
|
"runtish",
|
|
"runty",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"miniaturized",
|
|
"minikin",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"weeny",
|
|
"weensy",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bite-size",
|
|
"bite-sized",
|
|
"capsule"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"shrimpy",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"subnormal",
|
|
"toylike",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"small in degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"good"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a slight chance of success"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"great",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"tiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"small"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apart from a slight fishy taste, the dish was fine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"measurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"hairsplitting",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"pettifogging",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"de minimis",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"no-account",
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"peanut",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"piddly",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"sneer (at)",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"wound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a temp worker, she often feels slighted by the people she has to work with"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"shrug off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiff-arm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"tend (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slighted several major authors in her survey of 20th-century fiction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"omit",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"skimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show contempt for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"music critics who slight any style of music that doesn't fit their personal taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"lionize",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"approve (of)",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"subscribe (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemn",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"look down (on or upon)",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"sniff (at)",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slip":{
|
|
"a long narrow piece of material":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"baskets woven from slips of wicker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slat",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"swatch",
|
|
"swath",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"tape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"list",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a wrong judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's not the sort of slip that a prudent person would have made"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"errancy",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misprision",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"slipup"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a careless slip of the tongue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"perfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bloomer",
|
|
"blooper",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"snafu",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misdescription",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"screwup",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a nasty slip on the ice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"header",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"free-fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave her pursuers the slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"retention",
|
|
"endangerment",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"imperilment",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jailbreak",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"redemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"close call",
|
|
"close shave",
|
|
"near miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"breakout",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"getaway",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"rout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"periodically crabs slip their shells and grow new ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"peel",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliate",
|
|
"molt",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"sluff"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decline gradually from a standard level":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store's quality of service began to slip after the new owners took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"shoot (up)",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"surge"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"die (down)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sag"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"stand (up)",
|
|
"uprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful not to slip on the spilled oil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"flump",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"slump (over)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"free-fall",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"casually slipped it into the conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"introduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"work in",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"wriggle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slipped behind the cover of the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurk",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"mouse",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slink",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"steal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"jumped into the car and slipped behind the wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"toil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slips":{
|
|
"a long narrow piece of material":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"baskets woven from slips of wicker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slats",
|
|
"bandages",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bindings",
|
|
"girths",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"swatches",
|
|
"swaths",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"tapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"strips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a wrong judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's not the sort of slip that a prudent person would have made"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errancies",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misprisions",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"slipups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a careless slip of the tongue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracies",
|
|
"exactitudes",
|
|
"precisions",
|
|
"inerrancies",
|
|
"infallibilities",
|
|
"perfections"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"bloopers",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"howlers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"snafus",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misdescriptions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misreadings",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"bricks",
|
|
"clangers",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"screwups",
|
|
"slipups",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a nasty slip on the ice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"headers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"free-falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"tumbles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave her pursuers the slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"internments",
|
|
"custodies",
|
|
"detentions",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"retentions",
|
|
"endangerments",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"imperilments",
|
|
"jeopardies",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jailbreaks",
|
|
"deliverances",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"redemptions",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"salvations",
|
|
"close calls",
|
|
"close shaves",
|
|
"near misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breakouts",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"bunks",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"getaways",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"routs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"periodically crabs slip their shells and grow new ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"peels",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliates",
|
|
"molts",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"sluffs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decline gradually from a standard level":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store's quality of service began to slip after the new owners took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"shoots (up)",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"surges"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"slows (down)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (down)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sags"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"stands (up)",
|
|
"uprises"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful not to slip on the spilled oil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"flumps",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks",
|
|
"slumps (over)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"free-falls",
|
|
"nose-dives",
|
|
"plummets",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"tumbles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"casually slipped it into the conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"inserts",
|
|
"interpolates",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"introduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"works in",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"wriggles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slipped behind the cover of the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"tiptoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurks",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"mouses",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"skulks",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slinks",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"steals"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"jumped into the car and slipped behind the wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"toils"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"speeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slither":{
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a snake slithering through the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"grovel",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"wriggle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slivered":{
|
|
"as in cracked , splintered":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cut into long slender pieces":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully slivered the rattan stems into strips for basketry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chipped",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"diced",
|
|
"hashed",
|
|
"julienned",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"scissored",
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"rived",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"gashed",
|
|
"incised",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"slit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sliced",
|
|
"splintered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slogging":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two boxers were so exhausted they just slogged each other indiscriminately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"butting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slogging their way through a pile of paperwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"easing (up)",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"slacking (off)",
|
|
"vegging out",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"applying (oneself)",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"hammering (away)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"essaying",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"overexerting",
|
|
"overworking",
|
|
"eking out",
|
|
"grinding (out)",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"wading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging away",
|
|
"beavering (away)",
|
|
"digging (away)",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"tugging",
|
|
"working"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"waltzing",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Gramps never tired of telling how he had to slog through the snow in order to get to school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"wafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"hauling",
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barging",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"galumphing",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"sloughing",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the feisty woman was still slogging her would-be attacker when the police arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloping":{
|
|
"running in a slanting direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sloping ray of light that illuminates the painting's central figure is symbolic of heavenly inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"up-and-down",
|
|
"vertical",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"perpendicular"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slantwise",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tilting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angling",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"cocking",
|
|
"heeling",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloppy":{
|
|
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cinematic romance with a sloppy musical score that will have audiences reaching for their handkerchiefs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"antisentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"nostalgic",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"feel-good",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"soap-operatic",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sudsy",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"soft-boiled",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"twee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"spoony",
|
|
"spooney",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"well-ordered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dumped the papers in a sloppy pile on the desk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"well-groomed",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"topsy-turvy",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"upside-down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking neatness in dress or person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sloppy child who always seems to have spilled something on his clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowsy",
|
|
"blowzy",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"slobbish",
|
|
"slobby",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloth":{
|
|
"an inclination not to do work or engage in activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"industriousness",
|
|
"industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a youth inclined more toward sloth than athletics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"assiduity",
|
|
"assiduousness",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"peppiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"vivacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"supineness",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"shiftlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slouch":{
|
|
"a lazy person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"go-ahead",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is no slouch when it comes to cooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achiever",
|
|
"comer",
|
|
"highflier",
|
|
"highflyer",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"powerhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"good-for-nothing",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"crawler",
|
|
"creeper",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"snail",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"straggler",
|
|
"clock-watcher",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"loller",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"saunterer",
|
|
"delayer",
|
|
"procrastinator",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"quitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch potato",
|
|
"deadbeat",
|
|
"do-nothing",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"layabout",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lotus-eater",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"slugabed",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"float",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"tear"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creak (along)",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"snail"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slouched":{
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"tore"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"creaked (along)",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"snailed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slouching":{
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"tearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creaking (along)",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"snailing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slovenly":{
|
|
"in a careless or unfashionable manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"sprucely"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an employee who went overboard on dress-down day and was reprimanded for dressing slovenly on the job"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"modishly",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
|
"fussily",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotically",
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
"sloppily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking neatness in dress or person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the sake of their image, the band members transformed themselves from clean-cut lads to slovenly rockers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowsy",
|
|
"blowzy",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"slobbish",
|
|
"slobby",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slows (down or up)":{
|
|
"as in decelerates":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slugfest":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slumbrous":{
|
|
"desiring or needing sleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"wakeful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parents putting their slumberous children to bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"insomniac"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"yawning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dozy",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"somnolent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tending to cause sleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stimulant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slumberous murmur of the wind in the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"stimulative",
|
|
"stimulatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"relaxant",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anesthetizing",
|
|
"benumbing",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"somniferous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"soporific"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slurs":{
|
|
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your drunken behavior at the wedding has cast a slur on this family"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"chastities",
|
|
"modesties",
|
|
"purities",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"integrities",
|
|
"legitimacies",
|
|
"probities",
|
|
"rectitudes",
|
|
"fames",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"reputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"black eyes",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteems",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"guilts",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"immoralities",
|
|
"iniquities",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"vices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"onuses",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"stigmas",
|
|
"stigmata",
|
|
"taints"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rowdy group of patrons was kicked out of the theater for shouting slurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"flatteries"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catcalls",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"vituperations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"brickbats",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"dises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"sarcasms",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sly":{
|
|
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie pairs a sly , dissembling ex-con with an upstanding, straight-arrow cop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"plotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why, you sly fellow! I had no idea you were planning my birthday party",
|
|
"a sly undercover police officer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"truthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"secretive",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"trickish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"treacherous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"stealthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sly sense of humor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"stern"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"coltish",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"kittenish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"trickish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"misbehaving",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"troublemaking",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"devilish",
|
|
"elvish",
|
|
"espi\u00e8gle",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"leprechaunish",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"pixie",
|
|
"pixy",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"prankish",
|
|
"puckish",
|
|
"rascally",
|
|
"roguish",
|
|
"scampish",
|
|
"tricksy",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slyness":{
|
|
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slyness with which the FBI agent infiltrated the subversive organization without their knowledge was indeed impressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"underhandedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slowly":{
|
|
"at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"walked slowly toward the ringing phone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"pokily",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"ploddingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"meteorically",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluggishly":{
|
|
"at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car responds sluggishly until it warms up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"pokily",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowly",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"ploddingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"meteorically",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slash-and-burn":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under his slash-and-burn management ethic, even longtime employees were summarily downsized for the sake of corporate competitiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"compassionless",
|
|
"desensitized",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"pachydermatous",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"stony",
|
|
"stoney",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"take-no-prisoners",
|
|
"thick-skinned",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unmerciful",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ironfisted",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frosty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slayings":{
|
|
"the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man wanted for the slaying of seven people during an armed robbery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"rubouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chance-medleys",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"manslaughters",
|
|
"bloodsheds",
|
|
"butcheries",
|
|
"carnages",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"euthanasias",
|
|
"mercy killings",
|
|
"filicides",
|
|
"fratricides",
|
|
"matricides",
|
|
"parricides",
|
|
"patricides",
|
|
"regicides",
|
|
"uxoricides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluggishness":{
|
|
"as in dilatoriness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in apathy , lethargy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slothful":{
|
|
"not easily aroused to action or work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his overly lax managerial style has resulted in a department that is slothful and unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"shiftless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"supine",
|
|
"torpid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"industrious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluggish":{
|
|
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sluggish pace of the project is worrisome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
|
"snaillike",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"heavy-footed",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slow-footed",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"meteoric",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"warp-speed",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slow to move or act":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reptiles are naturally sluggish at low temperatures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"torpid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"shiftless",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"slothful",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"sluggardly",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sedentary",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"drugged",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"somnambulant",
|
|
"catatonic",
|
|
"comatose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"hardworking",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"sedulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"active"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluffs":{
|
|
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the land for miles around the lake is strewn with ponds, sloughs , and mudflats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogs",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"marshes",
|
|
"marshlands",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"muskegs",
|
|
"swamplands",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wetlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swales",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"gucks",
|
|
"gooks",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muds",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludges",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"galumphs",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"wafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snake is sloughing its old skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliates",
|
|
"molts",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"slips"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"peels",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slopping":{
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she slopped water everywhere when she picked up the full pan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"swashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"spritzing",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"watched the game while slopping prodigious quantities of beer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"glutting",
|
|
"gobbling",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"ingurgitating",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"ravening",
|
|
"scarfing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"wolfing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overeating",
|
|
"pigging out",
|
|
"swilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibbling",
|
|
"pecking",
|
|
"picking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slips up":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you slip up in copying the data, the final result will of course be wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"errs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"screws up",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"miscalculates",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"miscounts",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"misdeems",
|
|
"misgauges",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slacking (off)":{
|
|
"as in hanging , hanging around":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"vegging out",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"kicking back",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in forgetting , neglecting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"shirking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"remembering",
|
|
"carrying out",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"maintaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slimeballs":{
|
|
"a person of low moral character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a real slimeball , that shyster has happily defended, for a healthy fee, drug dealers and child molesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slatterns",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"pervs",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"shysters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slimeballs love the anonymity of the Internet, which allows them to post incredibly vile messages without having to identify themselves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slowdown":{
|
|
"as in sink , weaken":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"disease experts are encouraged by the recent slowdown in the spread of the virus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"deceleration",
|
|
"downshift",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"retardation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceleration",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"quickening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slipping":{
|
|
"as in declining , slumping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decline gradually from a standard level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store's quality of service began to slip after the new owners took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"slowing (down)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"shooting (up)",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking",
|
|
"surging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful not to slip on the spilled oil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"toppling",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"tumbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"flumping",
|
|
"keeling",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plunking",
|
|
"plonking",
|
|
"slumping (over)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"free-falling",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"sliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"standing (up)",
|
|
"uprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"casually slipped it into the conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"working in",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"wriggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"introducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slipped behind the cover of the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurking",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"mousing",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"skulking",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slinking",
|
|
"snaking",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"stealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"ghosting",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"tiptoeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"jumped into the car and slipped behind the wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"speeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"toiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"periodically crabs slip their shells and grow new ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliating",
|
|
"molting",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"sloughing",
|
|
"sluffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flaking",
|
|
"peeling",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unloading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sleuthhounds":{
|
|
"a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fictional sleuthhound Miss Marple is notable for her age as well as for her understanding of human nature, both of them being rather advanced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detectives",
|
|
"dicks",
|
|
"gumshoes",
|
|
"hawkshaws",
|
|
"investigators",
|
|
"operatives",
|
|
"private detectives",
|
|
"private eyes",
|
|
"private investigators",
|
|
"shamuses",
|
|
"sherlocks",
|
|
"sleuths"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"tracers",
|
|
"trackers",
|
|
"Federals",
|
|
"feds",
|
|
"G-men",
|
|
"narcs",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"plainclothesmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloppily":{
|
|
"in a careless or unfashionable manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when she arrived at work this morning she was sloppily dressed, and her hair was unkempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
"slovenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotically",
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"modishly",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
|
"fussily",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"sprucely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slap":{
|
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"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"she was so mad that she wanted to slap him right across the face"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"bunt",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tired of jokes that slap people of faith"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"wound"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"sneer (at)",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doctors used to give newborns a light slap to get them to start breathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that comment is a slap to anyone who has ever served in the military"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slacks":{
|
|
"an outer garment covering each leg separately from waist to ankle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she prefers wearing slacks instead of a dress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeches",
|
|
"britches",
|
|
"pantaloons",
|
|
"pants",
|
|
"trousers"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baggies",
|
|
"bell-bottoms",
|
|
"blue jeans",
|
|
"cargo pants",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"corduroys",
|
|
"denims",
|
|
"jeans",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"legging",
|
|
"leggin",
|
|
"sweatpants",
|
|
"pants suit",
|
|
"pantsuit",
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"knee breeches",
|
|
"knickerbockers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make less taut":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the skipper ordered the crew to slack off the sheets on the mainsail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"slackens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"restrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"tenses",
|
|
"tensions",
|
|
"tightens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slangs":{
|
|
"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tends to use too much hacker's slang when talking to coworkers about their computer problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argots",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"dialects",
|
|
"jargons",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"lingos",
|
|
"lingoes",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"shoptalk",
|
|
"terminologies",
|
|
"vocabularies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"colloquials",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"localisms",
|
|
"parlances",
|
|
"pidgins",
|
|
"provincialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"vernacularisms",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"slanguages",
|
|
"bureaucrateses",
|
|
"computereses",
|
|
"cyberspeaks",
|
|
"educationeses",
|
|
"governmenteses",
|
|
"journaleses",
|
|
"technobabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sleep in":{
|
|
"as in oversleep":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oversleep",
|
|
"drop off",
|
|
"drowse (off)",
|
|
"nod off",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"hibernate",
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"wake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slavery":{
|
|
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a child born into slavery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bondage",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"servility",
|
|
"servitude",
|
|
"thrall",
|
|
"thralldom",
|
|
"thraldom",
|
|
"yoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peonage",
|
|
"serfdom",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"subjection",
|
|
"subjugation",
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"liberty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"endured the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donkeywork",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spadework",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"treadmill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decompression",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"leisure",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"play"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloughed":{
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snake is sloughing its old skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliated",
|
|
"molted",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"slipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flaked",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slobby":{
|
|
"lacking neatness in dress or person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unlikely romance between a slobby , bighearted galoot and an uptight career woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowsy",
|
|
"blowzy",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"slobbish",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sleight of hand":{
|
|
"the art or skill of performing tricks or illusions for entertainment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His masterful sleight of hand amazed the crowd."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"hocus-pocus",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"prestidigitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"trickery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Financial sleight of hand allowed him to embezzle money from the company without anyone noticing."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"shenanigan",
|
|
"sleight",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"end run",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"smoke screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sluicing":{
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he sluiced the gutters with lots of water in order to make sure they were clear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"douching",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"splashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slatterns":{
|
|
"as in tramps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"pervs",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"shysters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in slobs , slovens":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"slovens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"neatniks",
|
|
"old maids"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slink":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"like a thief slinking about in the middle of the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurk",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"mouse",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"steal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sloshes":{
|
|
"to move with a splashing motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby gurgled contentedly as the water sloshed gently around him in the bathtub"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"swashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"bubbles",
|
|
"gurgles",
|
|
"ripples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while painting the Windsor chair, he carelessly sloshed paint all over the adjacent wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"swashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"spritzes",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |