1944 lines
38 KiB
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1944 lines
38 KiB
JSON
{
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"abubble":{
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"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
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"antonyms":[
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"asleep",
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"dead",
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"inactive",
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"lifeless",
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"sleepy"
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],
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"examples":[
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"when the grandkids come to stay, the house is abubble with their chatter and horseplay"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"abounding",
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"crowded",
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"overflowing",
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"populous",
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"swarming",
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"teeming",
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"thronging"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aboil",
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"abuzz",
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"alive",
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"animated",
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"astir",
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"brisk",
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"bustling",
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"busy",
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"buzzing",
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"flourishing",
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"happening",
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"hopping",
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"humming",
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"kinetic",
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"lively",
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"rousing",
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"stirring",
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"thriving",
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"vibrant"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"abundance":{
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"a considerable amount":{
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"examples":[
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"an abundance of flowers for the wedding",
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"grew up with an abundance of cousins"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barrel",
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"basketful",
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"boatload",
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"bucket",
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"bunch",
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"bundle",
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"bushel",
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"carload",
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"chunk",
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"deal",
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"dozen",
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"fistful",
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"gobs",
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"good deal",
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"heap",
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"hundred",
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"lashings",
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"lashins",
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"loads",
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"lot",
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"mass",
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"mess",
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"mountain",
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"much",
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"multiplicity",
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"myriad",
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"oodles",
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"pack",
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"passel",
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"peck",
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"pile",
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"plateful",
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"plenitude",
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"plentitude",
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"plenty",
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"pot",
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"potful",
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"profusion",
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"quantity",
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"raft",
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"reams",
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"scads",
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"sheaf",
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"shipload",
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"sight",
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"slew",
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"spate",
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"stack",
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"store",
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"ton",
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"truckload",
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"volume",
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"wad",
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"wealth",
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"yard"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"epidemic",
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"plague",
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"rash",
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"bonanza",
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"embarrassment",
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"excess",
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"overabundance",
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"overage",
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"overkill",
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"overmuch",
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"oversupply",
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"plethora",
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"redundancy",
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"superabundance",
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"superfluity",
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"surfeit",
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"surplus",
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"deluge",
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"flood",
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"overflow",
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"army",
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"bevy",
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"cram",
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"crowd",
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"crush",
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"drove",
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"flock",
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"herd",
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"horde",
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"host",
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"legion",
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"mob",
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"multitude",
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"press",
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"score",
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"sea",
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"swarm",
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"throng",
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"gazillion",
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"jillion",
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"kazillion",
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"million",
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"thousands",
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"trillion",
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"zillion"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"atom",
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"crumb",
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"dot",
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"fleck",
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"flyspeck",
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"fragment",
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"grain",
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"granule",
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"iota",
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"jot",
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"modicum",
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"molecule",
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"mote",
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"nubbin",
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"particle",
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"ray",
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"scintilla",
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"scrap",
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"shred",
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"tittle",
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"whit",
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"smatter",
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"smattering",
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"dash",
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"drop",
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"morsel",
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"shot",
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"piece",
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"portion",
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"section",
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"absence",
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"dearth",
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"famine",
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"lack",
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"paucity",
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"poverty",
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"scarceness",
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"scarcity",
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"shortage",
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"undersupply",
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"want",
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"deficiency",
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"deficit",
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"inadequacy",
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"insufficiency",
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"meagerness",
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"scantiness",
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"scantness",
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"skimpiness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ace",
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"bit",
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"dab",
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"dram",
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"driblet",
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"glimmer",
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"handful",
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"hint",
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"lick",
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"little",
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"mite",
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"mouthful",
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"nip",
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"ounce",
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"peanuts",
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"pinch",
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"pittance",
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"scruple",
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"shade",
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"shadow",
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"smidgen",
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"smidgeon",
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"smidgin",
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"smidge",
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"speck",
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"spot",
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"sprinkle",
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"sprinkling",
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"strain",
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"streak",
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"suspicion",
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"tad",
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"taste",
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"touch",
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"trace"
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]
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},
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"an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs":{
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"examples":[
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"we have an abundance of food, so eat as much as you want"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cornucopia",
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"feast",
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"plenitude",
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"plentitude",
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"plenty",
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"plethora",
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"superabundance",
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"wealth"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adequacy",
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"competence",
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"competency",
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"sufficiency",
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"ampleness",
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"amplitude",
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"liberality",
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"excess",
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"overdose",
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"overflow",
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"overkill",
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"oversupply",
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"redundancy",
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"superfluity",
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"superfluousness",
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"surfeit",
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"surplus",
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"copiousness",
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"fecundity",
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"fertility",
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"fruitfulness",
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"opulence",
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"richness",
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"lavishness",
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"luxuriance"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"paucity",
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"poverty",
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"scarcity",
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"barrenness",
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"infertility",
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"sterility"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"deficiency",
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"inadequacy",
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"insufficiency",
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"undersupply"
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]
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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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"abutment":{
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"as in attachment , articulation":{
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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 juxtaposition":{
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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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"abusing":{
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"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
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"examples":[
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"if you abuse your pet, he will always have an ugly disposition"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brutalizing",
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"bullying",
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"ill-treating",
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"ill-using",
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"kicking around",
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"maltreating",
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"manhandling",
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"messing over",
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"mishandling",
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"mistreating",
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"misusing"
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],
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"related":[
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"molesting",
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"outraging",
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"violating",
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"harassing",
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"harming",
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"hurting",
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"injuring",
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"oppressing",
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"persecuting",
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"tormenting",
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"torturing",
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"burning",
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"sandbagging",
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"victimizing",
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"wronging",
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"beating (up)",
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"messing (up)",
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"roughing (up)",
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"working (over)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"caring (for)",
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"cherishing",
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"fostering",
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"nurturing",
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"babying",
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"catering (to)",
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"coddling",
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"favoring",
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"gratifying",
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"humoring",
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"indulging",
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"mollycoddling",
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"pampering",
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"spoiling"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
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"examples":[
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"a demanding, difficult patient who constantly abuses the nurses and aides"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assailing",
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"attacking",
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"bashing",
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"belaboring",
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"blasting",
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"castigating",
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"excoriating",
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"jumping (on)",
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"lambasting",
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"potshotting",
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"savaging",
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"scathing",
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"slamming",
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"trashing",
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"vituperating"
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],
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"related":[
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"berating",
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"haranguing",
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"harassing",
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"harrying",
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"reviling",
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"scolding",
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"whipping",
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"blaspheming",
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"cursing",
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"execrating",
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"imprecating",
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"profaning",
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"affronting",
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"insulting",
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"slurring",
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"aspersing",
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"bad-mouthing",
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"belittling",
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"blackguarding",
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"disparaging",
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"putting down",
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"libeling",
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"libelling",
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"slandering",
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"traducing",
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"vilifying",
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"chastising",
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"chiding",
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"criticizing",
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"lacing (into)",
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"rebuking",
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"reprimanding",
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"fulminating",
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"lashing (out)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaiming",
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"commending",
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"complimenting",
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"hailing",
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"lauding",
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"praising"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to put to a bad or improper use":{
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"examples":[
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"if you abuse your baseball bat by using it to hammer nails, don't expect it to last long"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"misapplying",
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"misemploying",
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"misusing",
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"perverting",
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"profaning",
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"prostituting"
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],
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"related":[
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"degrading",
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"twisting",
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"mismanaging",
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"corrupting",
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"debasing",
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"desecrating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"applying",
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"employing",
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"using",
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"utilizing",
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"respecting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to take unfair advantage of":{
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"examples":[
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"abused his parents' trust, pilfering small amounts from them that he hoped they wouldn't notice"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"capitalizing (on)",
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"cashing in (on)",
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"exploiting",
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"imposing (on or upon)",
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"leveraging",
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"milking",
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"pimping",
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"playing (on or upon)",
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"using",
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"working"
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],
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"related":[
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"jerking around",
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"manipulating",
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"mistreating",
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"bleeding",
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"cheating",
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"fleecing",
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"overcharging",
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"skinning",
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"soaking",
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"sticking",
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"commercializing",
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"commodifying"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"abundantly":{
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"as in amply , copiously":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amply",
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"copiously",
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"healthily",
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"plentifully",
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"appreciably",
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"noticeably",
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"significantly",
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"astronomically",
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"big-time",
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"broadly",
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"colossally",
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"considerably",
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"enormously",
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"extensively",
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"greatly",
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"highly",
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"hugely",
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"largely",
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"massively",
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"monstrously",
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"monumentally",
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"much",
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"sizably",
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"staggeringly",
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"stupendously",
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"tremendously",
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"utterly",
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"vastly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"little",
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"negligibly",
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"nominally",
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"slightly",
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"modestly",
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"fractionally",
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"imperceptibly",
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"infinitesimally",
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"insignificantly",
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"invisibly",
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"microscopically",
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"minutely",
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"barely",
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"hardly",
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"just",
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"minimally",
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"scarcely"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"abut":{
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"to be adjacent to":{
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"examples":[
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"our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adjoin",
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"border (on)",
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"butt (on or against)",
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"flank",
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"fringe",
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"join",
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"march (with)",
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"neighbor",
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"skirt",
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"touch",
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"verge (on)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"attach (to)",
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"communicate (with)",
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"connect (with)",
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"link (with)",
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"bound",
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"embrace",
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"encircle",
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"enclose",
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"inclose",
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"fence",
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"line",
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"margin",
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"rim",
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"surround",
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"contact",
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"converge",
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"meet"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"abused":{
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"as in mistreated , maltreated":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"maltreated",
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"mistreated",
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"browbeaten",
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"bullied",
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"cowed",
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"hectored",
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"intimidated",
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"abject",
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"despairing",
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"disheartened",
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"dispirited",
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"downcast",
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"hopeless",
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"crushed",
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"downtrodden",
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"oppressed",
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"persecuted",
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"tyrannized"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
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"examples":[
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"if you abuse your pet, he will always have an ugly disposition"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brutalized",
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"bullied",
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"ill-treated",
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"ill-used",
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"kicked around",
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"maltreated",
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"manhandled",
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"messed over",
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"mishandled",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"misused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"sandbagged",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"wronged",
|
|
"beat (up)",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"worked (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a demanding, difficult patient who constantly abuses the nurses and aides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savaged",
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vituperated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"blackguarded",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"lashed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to a bad or improper use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you abuse your baseball bat by using it to hammer nails, don't expect it to last long"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"misapplied",
|
|
"misemployed",
|
|
"misused",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"prostituted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"mismanaged",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"desecrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"respected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abused his parents' trust, pilfering small amounts from them that he hoped they wouldn't notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitalized (on)",
|
|
"cashed in (on)",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"imposed (on or upon)",
|
|
"leveraged",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"pimped",
|
|
"played (on or upon)",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerked around",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"commercialized",
|
|
"commodified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abuts":{
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjoins",
|
|
"borders (on)",
|
|
"butts (on or against)",
|
|
"flanks",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"marches (with)",
|
|
"neighbors",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"verges (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attaches (to)",
|
|
"communicates (with)",
|
|
"connects (with)",
|
|
"links (with)",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"meets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abuser":{
|
|
"as in harasser , torturer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"harrier",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"needler",
|
|
"oppressor",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"torturer",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bullyboy",
|
|
"hector",
|
|
"intimidator",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"racketeer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abusive":{
|
|
"marked by harsh insulting language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never one to believe that honorable people can disagree honorably, he invariably launches abusive attacks against anyone who dares to challenge him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contumelious",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"scurrile",
|
|
"scurril",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"vituperative",
|
|
"vituperatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"foulmouthed",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"potty-mouthed",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"defamatory",
|
|
"libelous",
|
|
"libellous",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"slanderous",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"encomiastic",
|
|
"laudative",
|
|
"laudatory",
|
|
"praiseful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abutments":{
|
|
"as in attachments , articulations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articulations",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"interconnections",
|
|
"intersections",
|
|
"seams",
|
|
"sutures",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"nexuses",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"concourses",
|
|
"confluences",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"connections",
|
|
"couplings",
|
|
"joinings",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"jointures",
|
|
"junctions",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"rifts",
|
|
"separations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abusers":{
|
|
"as in harassers , torturers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"gibers",
|
|
"jibers",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"harriers",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"needlers",
|
|
"oppressors",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"ridiculers",
|
|
"taunters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"torturers",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"punks",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"bullyboys",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"intimidators",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"racketeers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abundances":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an abundance of flowers for the wedding",
|
|
"grew up with an abundance of cousins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abuse":{
|
|
"harsh insulting language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hometown fans hurled abuse at the visiting team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"billingsgate",
|
|
"fulmination",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"vituperation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackguardism",
|
|
"blasphemy",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"revilement",
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"excoriation",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"diatribe",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"polemic",
|
|
"tirade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft soap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"incorrect or improper use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"naturally the furniture had received a lot of abuse from the 10 kids in the family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"misapplication",
|
|
"misemployment",
|
|
"misusage",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"misutilization",
|
|
"perversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mismanagement",
|
|
"mismanaging",
|
|
"ill-treatment",
|
|
"ill-usage",
|
|
"maltreatment",
|
|
"mistreatment",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"desecration",
|
|
"profanation",
|
|
"prostitution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"application",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilization"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you abuse your pet, he will always have an ugly disposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brutalize",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"ill-treat",
|
|
"ill-use",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"maltreat",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"mess over",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"sandbag",
|
|
"victimize",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"beat (up)",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"work (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a demanding, difficult patient who constantly abuses the nurses and aides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vituperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"lash (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to a bad or improper use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you abuse your baseball bat by using it to hammer nails, don't expect it to last long"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"misapply",
|
|
"misemploy",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"mismanage",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"desecrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abused his parents' trust, pilfering small amounts from them that he hoped they wouldn't notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitalize (on)",
|
|
"cash in (on)",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"impose (on or upon)",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"pimp",
|
|
"play (on or upon)",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerk around",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"commercialize",
|
|
"commodify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abuzz":{
|
|
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the classroom was abuzz with preparations for that evening's open house for the parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aboil",
|
|
"abubble",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"populous",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"sleepy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abutting":{
|
|
"having a border in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new neighbors promptly erected fences between their property and the abutting properties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"conterminous",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closest",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nearest",
|
|
"next-door",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"interconnecting",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"circumjacent",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"peripheral",
|
|
"tangent",
|
|
"tangential",
|
|
"ambient",
|
|
"encompassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"discrete",
|
|
"free-standing",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"noncontinuous",
|
|
"broken up",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ramified",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unyoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadjacent",
|
|
"noncontiguous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering (on)",
|
|
"butting (on or against)",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"marching (with)",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attaching (to)",
|
|
"communicating (with)",
|
|
"connecting (with)",
|
|
"linking (with)",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"margining",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abusiveness":{
|
|
"as in cruelty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignance",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"mean-spiritedness",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"bitchery",
|
|
"bitchiness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abutted":{
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjoined",
|
|
"bordered (on)",
|
|
"butted (on or against)",
|
|
"flanked",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"marched (with)",
|
|
"neighbored",
|
|
"skirted",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"verged (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attached (to)",
|
|
"communicated (with)",
|
|
"connected (with)",
|
|
"linked (with)",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"margined",
|
|
"rimmed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"contacted",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"met"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |