6026 lines
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6026 lines
119 KiB
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{
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"crucible":{
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"a test of faith, patience, or strength":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"soldiers who had withstood the crucible of war"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"baptism",
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"initiation",
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"adversity",
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"affliction",
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"asperity",
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"misadventure",
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"mischance",
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"misfortune",
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"mishap",
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"privation",
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"tragedy",
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"tribulation",
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"trouble",
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"vicissitude",
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"woe",
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"acid test",
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"litmus test",
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"challenge",
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"complication",
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"difficulty",
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"grief",
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"grievance",
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"hardship",
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"rigor",
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"annoyance",
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"discomfort",
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"inconvenience",
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"nuisance"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cross",
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"fire",
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"gauntlet",
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"gantlet",
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"ordeal",
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"trial"
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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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"crucified":{
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"as in":{
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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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"cruddy":{
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"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
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"antonyms":[
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"admirable",
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"commendable",
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"creditable",
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"laudable",
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"meritorious",
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"praiseworthy"
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],
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"examples":[
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"her cruddy treatment of her now-destitute parents, who had put her through medical school"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"high-minded",
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"honest",
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"honorable",
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"noble",
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"principled",
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"redoubtable",
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"reputable",
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"right-minded",
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"scrupulous",
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"upright",
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"ethical",
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"good",
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"moral",
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"right",
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"righteous",
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"virtuous"
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],
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"related":[
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"abhorrent",
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"abominable",
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"condemnable",
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"detestable",
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"execrable",
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"hateful",
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"loathsome",
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"odious",
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"disgusting",
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"reptilian",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"revolting",
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"revulsive",
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"discreditable",
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"disgraceful",
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"dishonorable",
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"disreputable",
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"ignominious",
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"shameful",
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"base",
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"ignoble",
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"low",
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"shabby",
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"sordid",
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"squalid",
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"vile",
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"blamable",
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"censurable",
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"reprehensible",
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"reproachable",
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"cowardly",
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"craven",
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"dastardly",
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"unethical",
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"unprincipled",
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"unscrupulous"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cheap",
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"contemptible",
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"deplorable",
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"despicable",
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"dirty",
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"grubby",
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"lame",
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"lousy",
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"mean",
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"nasty",
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"paltry",
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"pitiable",
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"pitiful",
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"ratty",
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"scabby",
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"scummy",
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"scurvy",
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"sneaking",
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"sorry",
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"wretched"
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]
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},
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"not clean":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"cleanly",
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"immaculate",
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"spick-and-span",
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"spic-and-span",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
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"ultraclean",
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"unsoiled",
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"unstained",
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"unsullied"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the refrigerator's cruddy shelves were a sign that the interior had never been cleaned"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"limpid",
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"pure",
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"cleaned",
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"cleansed",
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"combed",
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"groomed",
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"neat",
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"ordered",
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"orderly",
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"tidy",
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"bleached",
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"purified",
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"whitened",
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"bright",
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"flawless",
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"perfect",
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"shiny",
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"sparkling",
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"unspotted",
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"untouched",
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"taintless",
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"unblemished",
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"undefiled",
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"unpolluted",
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"untainted",
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"virgin",
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"wholesome"
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],
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"related":[
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"contaminated",
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"defiled",
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"germy",
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"impure",
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"polluted",
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"tainted",
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"insanitary",
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"uncleaned",
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"unsanitary",
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"unsterile",
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"unsterilized",
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"unwashed",
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"greasy",
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"gunky",
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"chaotic",
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"cluttered",
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"confused",
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"disarranged",
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"disarrayed",
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"disheveled",
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"dishevelled",
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"disordered",
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"jumbled",
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"littered",
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"messed",
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"messy",
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"muddled",
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"mussed",
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"mussy",
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"rumpled",
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"scruffy",
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"sloppy",
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"slovenly",
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"unkempt",
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"untidy",
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"raunchy",
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"scuzzy",
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"shabby",
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"skanky",
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"sleazy",
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"squalid",
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"collied",
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"crocked",
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"fuliginous",
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"sooty"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bedraggled",
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"bemired",
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"besmirched",
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"black",
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"blackened",
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"dingy",
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"dirty",
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"draggled",
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"dusty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"grimy",
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"grotty",
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"grubby",
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"grungy",
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"mucky",
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"muddy",
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"nasty",
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"smudged",
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"smutty",
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"soiled",
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"sordid",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"unclean",
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"uncleanly"
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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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"crudely":{
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"as in awkwardly , clumsily":{
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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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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"crudity":{
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"the quality or state of being obscene":{
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"examples":[
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"shocked by the crudity of the youngster's language"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawdiness",
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"blueness",
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"coarseness",
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"crudeness",
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"dirt",
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"dirtiness",
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"filth",
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"filthiness",
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"foulness",
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"grossness",
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"impureness",
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"impurity",
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"indecency",
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"lasciviousness",
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"lewdness",
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"nastiness",
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"obscenity",
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"profanity",
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"raunch",
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"raunchiness",
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"ribaldry",
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"smut",
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"smuttiness",
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"vulgarity",
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"wantonness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"broadness",
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"earthiness",
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"gaminess",
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"raciness",
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"saltiness",
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"suggestiveness",
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"immodesty",
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"indecorousness",
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"indelicacy",
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"indelicateness",
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"lowness",
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"unbecomingness",
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"lechery",
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"depravedness",
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"depravity",
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"kinkiness",
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"naughtiness",
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"perverseness",
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"perversion",
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"perversity",
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"pervertedness",
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"wickedness",
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"exceptionability",
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"objectionableness",
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"unacceptability",
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"undesirability",
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"reprehensibility",
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"reprehensibleness",
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"abusiveness",
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"scurrilousness",
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"atrociousness",
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"atrocity",
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"infamy",
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"loathsomeness",
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"offensiveness",
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"repellency",
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"repugnance",
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"repulsiveness",
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"distastefulness",
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"obnoxiousness",
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"unpleasantness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"priggery",
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"priggishness",
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"primness",
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"prudery",
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"prudishness",
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"puritanism",
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"correctness",
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"decency",
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"decorousness",
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"decorum",
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"seemliness",
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"appropriateness",
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"fitness",
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"suitability",
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"suitableness",
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"perfection",
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"purity",
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"spotlessness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste":{
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"examples":[
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"appalled by the crudity of the way her nephews referred to women"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"coarseness",
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"commonness",
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"crassness",
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"crudeness",
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"grossness",
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"indelicacy",
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"indelicateness",
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"lowness",
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"raffishness",
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"rawness",
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"roughness",
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"rudeness",
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"tastelessness",
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"vulgarity"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"boorishness",
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"brutishness",
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"churlishness",
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"clownishness",
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"loutishness",
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"rowdiness",
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"rusticity",
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"uncouthness",
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"artlessness",
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"gracelessness",
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"inelegance",
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"unsophistication",
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"insensitiveness",
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"insensitivity",
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"thoughtlessness",
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"kitsch",
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"tackiness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"courtliness",
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"urbanity",
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"elegance",
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"grace",
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"graciousness",
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"consideration",
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"sensitivity",
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"thoughtfulness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cultivation",
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"genteelness",
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"gentility",
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"polish",
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"refinement",
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"tastefulness"
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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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"cruel":{
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"difficult to endure":{
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"antonyms":[
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"easy",
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"light",
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"soft"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the cruel climate of the Arctic"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comfortable",
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"cozy",
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"luxurious",
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"snug",
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"agreeable",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"hospitable",
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"pleasant",
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"peaceful",
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"relaxing",
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"reposeful",
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"restful",
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"bearable",
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"endurable",
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"painless",
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"tolerable",
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"balmy",
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"calm",
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"clement",
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"gentle",
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"mild",
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"moderate",
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"temperate"
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],
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"related":[
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"austere",
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"bleak",
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"comfortless",
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"discomforting",
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"forbidding",
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"inhospitable",
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"spartan",
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"uncomfortable",
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"biting",
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"inclement",
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"intemperate",
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"wild",
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"rigorous",
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"strict",
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"stringent",
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"agonizing",
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"heartbreaking",
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"heartrending",
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"painful",
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"wretched",
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"crushing",
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"grinding",
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"overwhelming",
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"wearing",
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"insufferable",
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"insupportable",
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"intolerable",
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"unbearable",
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"unendurable",
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"harrowing",
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"tortuous",
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"bad",
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"disagreeable",
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"hostile",
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"unfriendly",
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"unpleasant"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bitter",
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"brutal",
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"burdensome",
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"excruciating",
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"grievous",
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"grim",
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"hard",
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"hardhanded",
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"harsh",
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"heavy",
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"inhuman",
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"murderous",
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"onerous",
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"oppressive",
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"rough",
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"rugged",
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"searing",
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"severe",
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"stiff",
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"tough",
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"trying"
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]
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},
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"hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{
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"antonyms":[
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"gratifying",
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"pleasing",
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"sweet"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the cruel situation of being orphaned at an early age"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bearable",
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"endurable",
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"supportable",
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"sustainable",
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"tolerable",
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"livable",
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"liveable",
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"sufferable",
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"survivable",
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"acceptable",
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"allowable",
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"reasonable"
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],
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"related":[
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"insufferable",
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"insupportable",
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"intolerable",
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"unacceptable",
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"unbearable",
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"unendurable",
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"unsupportable",
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"appalling",
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"awful",
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"bad",
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"dire",
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"dreadful",
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"ghastly",
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"horrible",
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"miserable",
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"nasty",
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"rotten",
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"severe",
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"terrible",
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"vile",
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"wretched",
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"acute",
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"extreme",
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"intense",
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"piercing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"afflicting",
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"agonizing",
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"bitter",
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"excruciating",
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"galling",
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"grievous",
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"harrowing",
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"harsh",
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"heartrending",
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"hurtful",
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"painful",
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"tormenting",
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"torturous"
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]
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},
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"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
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"antonyms":[
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"benevolent",
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"benign",
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"benignant",
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"loving",
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"unmalicious"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the bully was fond of making cruel little jabs at his victim's sore points"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"compassionate",
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"good",
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"good-hearted",
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"kind",
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"kindhearted",
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"kindly",
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"sympathetic",
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"warm",
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"warmhearted",
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"affable",
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"agreeable",
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"amiable",
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"cordial",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"gracious",
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"nice",
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"pleasant",
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"affectionate",
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"amorous",
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"sweet",
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"tender",
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"tenderhearted",
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"humane",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"scoundrelly",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"snakelike",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"jealous",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mean-spirited",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"snotty",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"venomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bitchy",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"virulent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cruel dictator who tortured anyone who dared to speak out against him",
|
|
"cruel and unusual punishments are forbidden by the U.S. Constitution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"bloodthirsty",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"draconian",
|
|
"draconic",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"butcherly",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cruise":{
|
|
"a journey over water in a vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a luxury cruise for their first wedding anniversary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"voyage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the girls happily cruised around the mall for hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"gad (about)",
|
|
"gallivant",
|
|
"galavant",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"knock (about)",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"roam",
|
|
"rove",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"gypsy",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"mill (about or around)",
|
|
"straggle",
|
|
"stray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been cruising through her daily physical therapy with remarkable ease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"toil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cruised to the Bahamas in their yacht"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"ship (out)",
|
|
"voyage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canoe",
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crunch":{
|
|
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a severe energy crunch that resulted in long lines at the gas pumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"drought",
|
|
"drouth",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"lacuna",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"omission",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"privation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a player who's always good in a crunch , like when we need a goal to win the soccer match"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"tinderbox",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contingency",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"last ditch",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"eleventh hour",
|
|
"last minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I could hear the bicycle gears crunch as I shifted the derailleur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gnash",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scrunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creak",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crunched":{
|
|
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I could hear the bicycle gears crunch as I shifted the derailleur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gnashed",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"gritted",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scrunched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creaked",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jarred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cruse":{
|
|
"as in vessel , beaker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaker",
|
|
"vessel",
|
|
"watering can",
|
|
"watering pot",
|
|
"kettle",
|
|
"teakettle",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"canteen",
|
|
"cup",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"flask",
|
|
"jorum",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"stein",
|
|
"stoup",
|
|
"tankard",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"pail",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"carafe",
|
|
"decanter",
|
|
"ewer",
|
|
"flagon",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"pitcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crusher":{
|
|
"something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crusher was that we would be out of town that weekend in any event"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"clincher",
|
|
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
"coup de grace",
|
|
"topper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confutation",
|
|
"deathblow",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"factor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crushes":{
|
|
"to cause to become a pulpy mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dark-colored grapes that will be crushed to make red wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mashes",
|
|
"pulps",
|
|
"squashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the government is doing everything to crush the latest guerrilla uprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamps down (on)",
|
|
"cracks down (on)",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"slaps down",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"throttles",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"vanquishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props up",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to fine particles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crushed the baby's medicine tablet and mixed it with applesauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"brays",
|
|
"comminutes",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"mills",
|
|
"mulls",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"kibbles",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"fractures",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"micronizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the terrible news of her death simply crushed the entire family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"grinds (down)",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmasters",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"prostrates",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"whelms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after crushing the grapes, let the skins soak in the juice in order to extract some color"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"mashes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"squeezes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"pulps",
|
|
"purees",
|
|
"pur\u00e9es",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"extrudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desperate refugees were crushed into the back of the truck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"sandwiches",
|
|
"shoehorns",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"wedges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"jam-packs",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"packs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she tearfully crushed the child to her breast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear-hugs",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"enclasps",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"hugs",
|
|
"strains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"clings",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"bosoms",
|
|
"embosoms",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"enwinds",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"wraps",
|
|
"cuddles",
|
|
"fondles",
|
|
"nestles",
|
|
"nuzzles",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"snuggles",
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a strong but often short-lived liking for another person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fondly remembers the crush that she had on a boy one summer long ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infatuations",
|
|
"mashes",
|
|
"passions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixations",
|
|
"obsessions",
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"devotions",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"crazes",
|
|
"fads",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"vogues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the huge crush in the store must have far exceeded safety limits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bikes",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"logjams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crustiness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crusty":{
|
|
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a crusty old fisherman who doesn't care to have his picture taken with silly tourists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short-spoken",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"mealymouthed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crusade":{
|
|
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a grassroots crusade for spending more money on our public schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandwagon",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"campaign",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"juggernaut",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"push"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crumbs":{
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a neglected dog who is desperate for any crumb of affection he might get from strangers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small piece":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eating pretzels in bed got crumbs between the sheets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"tittles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"fractions",
|
|
"haets",
|
|
"halfpence",
|
|
"halfpennies",
|
|
"ha'pennies",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"kennings",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"nutshells",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"smithereens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs",
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if I ever start behaving as obnoxiously as those crumbs , be sure to give me a good slap on the kisser"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crumpling":{
|
|
"to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crumpled the piece of paper and angrily threw it in the wastebasket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crinkling",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"scrunching",
|
|
"wrinkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugating",
|
|
"creasing",
|
|
"crimping",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"pleating",
|
|
"puckering",
|
|
"rucking",
|
|
"crisping",
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"furrowing",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mussing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"ironing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"neatening",
|
|
"tidying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"ironing out",
|
|
"smoothening",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"uncrumpling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the box crumpled when I accidentally dropped a brick on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckling",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"melting down",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"popping",
|
|
"snapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crucibles":{
|
|
"a test of faith, patience, or strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soldiers who had withstood the crucible of war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"gauntlets",
|
|
"gantlets",
|
|
"ordeals",
|
|
"trials"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptisms",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"asperities",
|
|
"misadventures",
|
|
"mischances",
|
|
"misfortunes",
|
|
"mishaps",
|
|
"privations",
|
|
"tragedies",
|
|
"tribulations",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"vicissitudes",
|
|
"woes",
|
|
"acid tests",
|
|
"litmus tests",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"complications",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"griefs",
|
|
"grievances",
|
|
"hardships",
|
|
"rigors",
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
|
"nuisances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cruiserweights":{
|
|
"as in heavyweights , welterweights":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bantamweights",
|
|
"featherweights",
|
|
"flyweights",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"light heavyweights",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"middleweights",
|
|
"superheavyweights",
|
|
"welterweights",
|
|
"palookas",
|
|
"sluggers",
|
|
"stumblebums",
|
|
"boxers",
|
|
"fighters",
|
|
"gladiators",
|
|
"prizefighters",
|
|
"pugilists",
|
|
"pugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crumbled":{
|
|
"as in deteriorated , corroded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"mildewy",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"putrescent",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"gangrenous",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undecomposed",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become worse or of less value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stock of the energy company crumbled after the revelations of fraud and mismanagement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrophied",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"devolved",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"retrograded",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"moldered",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crucifying":{
|
|
"as in berating , excoriating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"gibbeting",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"pillorying",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"upbraiding",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dispraising",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"slagging",
|
|
"skewering",
|
|
"tweaking",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"nicking (at)",
|
|
"sniping (at)",
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"discommending",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crumminess":{
|
|
"as in inferiority , worthlessness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"inferiority",
|
|
"worthlessness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"satisfactoriness",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"commonness",
|
|
"commonplaceness",
|
|
"everydayness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"mundaneness",
|
|
"mundanity",
|
|
"normality",
|
|
"normalness",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"second-rateness",
|
|
"typicality",
|
|
"typicalness",
|
|
"unremarkableness",
|
|
"usualness",
|
|
"averageness",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"ordinariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exceptionality",
|
|
"exceptionalness",
|
|
"extraordinariness",
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"excellency",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"fabulousness",
|
|
"first-rateness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"marvelousness",
|
|
"marvellousness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"primeness",
|
|
"specialness",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"sterlingness",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"superlativeness",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"supremeness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"impeccability",
|
|
"perfectness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"unsatisfactoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cruisers":{
|
|
"as in sedans , runabouts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin cruisers",
|
|
"hydrofoils",
|
|
"motor sailers",
|
|
"runabouts",
|
|
"sedans",
|
|
"sportfishermen",
|
|
"motorboats",
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"speedboats",
|
|
"stinkpots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tankers , warships":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aircraft carriers",
|
|
"argosies",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"coasters",
|
|
"colliers",
|
|
"containerships",
|
|
"corvettes",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"destroyers",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"flagships",
|
|
"freighters",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"ironclads",
|
|
"lightships",
|
|
"liners",
|
|
"men-of-war",
|
|
"men-o'-war",
|
|
"merchantmen",
|
|
"merchant ships",
|
|
"motor ships",
|
|
"packets",
|
|
"steamers",
|
|
"steamships",
|
|
"superliners",
|
|
"supertankers",
|
|
"tankers",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"warships",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"boats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"ships",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"barques",
|
|
"brigantines",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"caravels",
|
|
"clippers",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"square-riggers",
|
|
"tall ships",
|
|
"windjammers",
|
|
"xebecs",
|
|
"yachts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cruising":{
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the girls happily cruised around the mall for hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"gadding (about)",
|
|
"gallivanting",
|
|
"galavanting",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"knocking (about)",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"roving",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"gypsying",
|
|
"hoboing",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"vagabonding",
|
|
"milling (about or around)",
|
|
"straggling",
|
|
"straying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been cruising through her daily physical therapy with remarkable ease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"speeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"toiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cruised to the Bahamas in their yacht"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boating",
|
|
"ferrying",
|
|
"navigating",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"shipping (out)",
|
|
"voyaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canoeing",
|
|
"kayaking",
|
|
"yachting",
|
|
"coasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crushing":{
|
|
"as in overwhelming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"unsupportable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturous",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"unspeakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"sufferable",
|
|
"supportable",
|
|
"sustainable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"livable",
|
|
"liveable",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"admissible",
|
|
"allowable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"satisfactory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to become a pulpy mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dark-colored grapes that will be crushed to make red wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mashing",
|
|
"pulping",
|
|
"squashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the government is doing everything to crush the latest guerrilla uprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamping down (on)",
|
|
"cracking down (on)",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"slapping down",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"throttling",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"vanquishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"propping up",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to fine particles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crushed the baby's medicine tablet and mixed it with applesauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atomizing",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"braying",
|
|
"comminuting",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"milling",
|
|
"mulling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"kibbling",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"crunching",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"fracturing",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"micronizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the terrible news of her death simply crushed the entire family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"grinding (down)",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"prostrating",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"whelming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after crushing the grapes, let the skins soak in the juice in order to extract some color"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"mashing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"squeezing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"pulping",
|
|
"pureeing",
|
|
"pur\u00e9eing",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"extruding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desperate refugees were crushed into the back of the truck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"crowding",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"sandwiching",
|
|
"shoehorning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"wedging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"jam-packing",
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"packing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she tearfully crushed the child to her breast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear-hugging",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enclasping",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"straining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"clinging",
|
|
"cradling",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"embosoming",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwinding",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"wrapping",
|
|
"cuddling",
|
|
"fondling",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"petting",
|
|
"snuggling",
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cruelty-free":{
|
|
"as in anticruelty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticruelty",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"uncompassionate",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"antihumanitarian",
|
|
"uncharitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crumpled":{
|
|
"to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crumpled the piece of paper and angrily threw it in the wastebasket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crinkled",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scrunched",
|
|
"wrinkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugated",
|
|
"creased",
|
|
"crimped",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"pleated",
|
|
"puckered",
|
|
"rucked",
|
|
"crisped",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"furrowed",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mussed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"ironed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"straightened",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"tidied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"ironed out",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"smoothened",
|
|
"uncrumpled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the box crumpled when I accidentally dropped a brick on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckled",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went out",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"melted down",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"snapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crudeness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the blatant crudeness of the remark first made him blush and then made him angry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdiness",
|
|
"blueness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"raunch",
|
|
"raunchiness",
|
|
"ribaldry",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadness",
|
|
"earthiness",
|
|
"gaminess",
|
|
"raciness",
|
|
"saltiness",
|
|
"suggestiveness",
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"indecorousness",
|
|
"indelicacy",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"kinkiness",
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"exceptionability",
|
|
"objectionableness",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"undesirability",
|
|
"reprehensibility",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggery",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"primness",
|
|
"prudery",
|
|
"prudishness",
|
|
"puritanism",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lowbrow crudeness of the commentary at the fashion show horrified her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"commonness",
|
|
"crassness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"indelicacy",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"raffishness",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"roughness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"vulgarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"brutishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"rowdiness",
|
|
"rusticity",
|
|
"uncouthness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"inelegance",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"insensitiveness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"tackiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"courtliness",
|
|
"urbanity",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"tastefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cruiser":{
|
|
"as in sedan , runabout":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin cruiser",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"motor sailer",
|
|
"runabout",
|
|
"sedan",
|
|
"sportfisherman",
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"speedboat",
|
|
"stinkpot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tanker , warship":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aircraft carrier",
|
|
"argosy",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"coaster",
|
|
"collier",
|
|
"containership",
|
|
"corvette",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"destroyer",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"flagship",
|
|
"freighter",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"ironclad",
|
|
"lightship",
|
|
"liner",
|
|
"man-of-war",
|
|
"man-o'-war",
|
|
"merchantman",
|
|
"merchant ship",
|
|
"motor ship",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"steamer",
|
|
"steamship",
|
|
"superliner",
|
|
"supertanker",
|
|
"tanker",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"warship",
|
|
"watercraft",
|
|
"boat",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"ship",
|
|
"vessel",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"barque",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"brigantine",
|
|
"caravel",
|
|
"clipper",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"square-rigger",
|
|
"tall ship",
|
|
"windjammer",
|
|
"xebec",
|
|
"yacht"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crucial":{
|
|
"of the greatest possible importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water is crucial to our survival"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"life-and-death",
|
|
"life-or-death",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"instrumental",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crunching (on)":{
|
|
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who crunch on hard candies during movies really annoy me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biting (on)",
|
|
"champing",
|
|
"chawing",
|
|
"chewing",
|
|
"chomping (on)",
|
|
"gnawing (on)",
|
|
"masticating",
|
|
"nibbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"munching",
|
|
"noshing",
|
|
"snacking",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"ingesting",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gobbling (up or down)",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"scarfing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"snacking",
|
|
"wolfing",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pecking (at)",
|
|
"picking (at)",
|
|
"gumming",
|
|
"mumbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crunched (on)":{
|
|
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who crunch on hard candies during movies really annoy me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bit (on)",
|
|
"champed",
|
|
"chawed",
|
|
"chewed",
|
|
"chomped (on)",
|
|
"gnawed (on)",
|
|
"masticated",
|
|
"nibbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"munched",
|
|
"noshed",
|
|
"snacked",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"ingested",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"gobbled (up or down)",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"scarfed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"snacked",
|
|
"wolfed",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pecked (at)",
|
|
"picked (at)",
|
|
"gummed",
|
|
"mumbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crumped":{
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one aerial bomb failed to crump as it landed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"mushroomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"fizzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imploded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crucifiers":{
|
|
"as in attackers , assailants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailants",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"decriers",
|
|
"denigrators",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"criticasters",
|
|
"hairsplitters",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"condemners",
|
|
"condemnors",
|
|
"denouncers",
|
|
"admonishers",
|
|
"haranguers",
|
|
"railers",
|
|
"ranters",
|
|
"rebukers",
|
|
"reproachers",
|
|
"reprovers",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"upbraiders",
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"castigators",
|
|
"cavilers",
|
|
"cavillers",
|
|
"censurers",
|
|
"criticizers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"disparagers",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"hypercritics",
|
|
"knockers",
|
|
"nigglers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crybabies",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commenders",
|
|
"praisers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crusading":{
|
|
"as in zealous , messianic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"messianic",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"tender-minded",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"quixotic",
|
|
"quixotical",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"starry",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"Pollyannaish",
|
|
"Pollyannish",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"doctrinaire",
|
|
"ideological",
|
|
"ideologic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"tough-minded",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cruelty":{
|
|
"disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"centuries after he ravaged Europe, Attila the Hun remains notorious for his cruelty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"barbarousness",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"cruelness",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"inhumanness",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"unfeelingness",
|
|
"fellness",
|
|
"ferociousness",
|
|
"ferocity",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"bloodlust",
|
|
"bloodthirstiness",
|
|
"murderousness",
|
|
"sanguineness",
|
|
"sanguinity",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despitefulness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"hardhandedness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"heavy-handedness",
|
|
"oppressiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmheartedness",
|
|
"warmness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"charitableness",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"pity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderheartedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crunchers":{
|
|
"as in knockouts , kayos":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
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"swings",
|
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"uppercuts",
|
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"bastinadoes",
|
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"bastinades",
|
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"batterings",
|
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"beatings",
|
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"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"pastings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crumps":{
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one aerial bomb failed to crump as it landed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"detonates",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"pops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"mushrooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fizzles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"implodes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crunches":{
|
|
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a severe energy crunch that resulted in long lines at the gas pumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"droughts",
|
|
"drouths",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"lacunae",
|
|
"lacunas",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"omissions",
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"privations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"adequacies",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"opulences",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"sufficiencies",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a player who's always good in a crunch , like when we need a goal to win the soccer match"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling points",
|
|
"breaking points",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"conjunctures",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crunch times",
|
|
"Dunkirks",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"flash points",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"tinderboxes",
|
|
"zero hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contingencies",
|
|
"possibilities",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"turning points",
|
|
"happenings",
|
|
"landmarks",
|
|
"milestones",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"straits",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"last ditches",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"eleventh hours",
|
|
"last minutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I could hear the bicycle gears crunch as I shifted the derailleur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gnashes",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"grits",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scrunches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creaks",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"jars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cruces":{
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crux of the problem is that the school's current budget is totally inadequate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom lines",
|
|
"bull's-eyes",
|
|
"bullseyes",
|
|
"centerpieces",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"meats",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"theses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crushed":{
|
|
"suffering grave abuse or injustice at the hands of one in authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrant seemingly untroubled by the crushed masses that he left in his wake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downtrodden",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tyrannized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeaten",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"hopeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to become a pulpy mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dark-colored grapes that will be crushed to make red wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mashed",
|
|
"pulped",
|
|
"squashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the government is doing everything to crush the latest guerrilla uprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamped down (on)",
|
|
"cracked down (on)",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"slapped down",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"throttled",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"dominated",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"vanquished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"propped up",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to fine particles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crushed the baby's medicine tablet and mixed it with applesauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"brayed",
|
|
"comminuted",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"milled",
|
|
"mulled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"kibbled",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"crunched",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"micronized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the terrible news of her death simply crushed the entire family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"ground (down)",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmastered",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"whelmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after crushing the grapes, let the skins soak in the juice in order to extract some color"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"mashed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"squeezed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"pulped",
|
|
"pureed",
|
|
"pur\u00e9ed",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"extruded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desperate refugees were crushed into the back of the truck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"sandwiched",
|
|
"shoehorned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she tearfully crushed the child to her breast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear-hugged",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enclasped",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"strained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"clung",
|
|
"cradled",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"embosomed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwound",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"wrapped",
|
|
"cuddled",
|
|
"fondled",
|
|
"nestled",
|
|
"nuzzled",
|
|
"patted",
|
|
"petted",
|
|
"snuggled",
|
|
"stroked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crutch":{
|
|
"as in prop , stay":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bolsterer",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"right hand",
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"sinew(s)",
|
|
"spine",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"mainstay",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"reliance",
|
|
"standby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crusader":{
|
|
"one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a crusader for improved safety in coal mines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"ideologue",
|
|
"idealogue",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"red hot",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"zealot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activist",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"idolizer",
|
|
"votary",
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"fancier",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
|
"habitue",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"junkie",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"rooter",
|
|
"well-wisher",
|
|
"faddist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmilitant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crumby":{
|
|
"falling short of a standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dry cleaners did a crummy job of pressing my suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"bush-league",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"suboptimal",
|
|
"subpar",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wack",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bitchin'",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"gnarly",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"sucky",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"egregious",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rubbishy",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cruised":{
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the girls happily cruised around the mall for hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"gadded (about)",
|
|
"gallivanted",
|
|
"galavanted",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"knocked (about)",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"roved",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"gypsied",
|
|
"hoboed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"vagabonded",
|
|
"milled (about or around)",
|
|
"straggled",
|
|
"strayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been cruising through her daily physical therapy with remarkable ease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"toiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cruised to the Bahamas in their yacht"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boated",
|
|
"ferried",
|
|
"navigated",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"shipped (out)",
|
|
"voyaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canoed",
|
|
"kayaked",
|
|
"yachted",
|
|
"coasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crust":{
|
|
"shameless boldness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the grandchildren had the crust to ask for more money after wasting the first handout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brass",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"chutzpah",
|
|
"chutzpa",
|
|
"hutzpah",
|
|
"hutzpa",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"nerviness",
|
|
"pertness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"sanguinity",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a hardened layer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pipes crusted with mineral deposits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"encrust",
|
|
"incrust",
|
|
"rime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besmear",
|
|
"coat",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"harden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crumping":{
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one aerial bomb failed to crump as it landed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"popping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"mushrooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"fizzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imploding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crumple":{
|
|
"to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crumpled the piece of paper and angrily threw it in the wastebasket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crinkle",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugate",
|
|
"crease",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"pleat",
|
|
"pucker",
|
|
"ruck",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muss (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"iron out",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"smoothen",
|
|
"uncrumple"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the box crumpled when I accidentally dropped a brick on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"melt down",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cruncher":{
|
|
"as in knockout , kayo":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cruelly":{
|
|
"as in ruthlessly , mercilessly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balefully",
|
|
"caddishly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"evil-mindedly",
|
|
"felly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"kindlessly",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"soullessly",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"enviously",
|
|
"jealously",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"ungraciously",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"acrimoniously",
|
|
"antagonistically",
|
|
"caustically",
|
|
"envyingly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"invidiously",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"rancorously",
|
|
"venomously",
|
|
"vindictively",
|
|
"vituperatively",
|
|
"ill-naturedly",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"deprecatingly",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"diabolically",
|
|
"fiendishly",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"cattily",
|
|
"despitefully",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"malevolently",
|
|
"maliciously",
|
|
"malignantly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"spitefully",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"villainously",
|
|
"virulently",
|
|
"wickedly",
|
|
"misanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"feelingly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"sensitively",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"solicitously",
|
|
"soulfully",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"angelically",
|
|
"divinely",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"tenderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crux":{
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crux of the problem is that the school's current budget is totally inadequate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"bull's-eye",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"thesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crummy":{
|
|
"falling short of a standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dry cleaners did a crummy job of pressing my suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"bush-league",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"suboptimal",
|
|
"subpar",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wack",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bitchin'",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"gnarly",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"sucky",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"egregious",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rubbishy",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crushable":{
|
|
"as in brittle , breakable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"eggshell",
|
|
"frangible",
|
|
"friable",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"tenuous",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"nonhardy",
|
|
"perishable",
|
|
"resistless",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"nonbreakable",
|
|
"unbreakable",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"toughened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crushers":{
|
|
"something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crusher was that we would be out of town that weekend in any event"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cappers",
|
|
"clinchers",
|
|
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
"coups de grace",
|
|
"toppers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confutations",
|
|
"deathblows",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"determinants",
|
|
"factors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crusted":{
|
|
"to cover with a hardened layer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pipes crusted with mineral deposits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caked",
|
|
"encrusted",
|
|
"incrusted",
|
|
"rimed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besmeared",
|
|
"coated",
|
|
"smeared",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"hardened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crucifies":{
|
|
"as in berates , excoriates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"gibbets",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"pillories",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"upbraids",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"dispraises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"slags",
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"tweaks",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"nicks (at)",
|
|
"snipes (at)",
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"discommends",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crunchy":{
|
|
"having a hard texture and making a loud sound when chewed or crushed; not soft or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crunchy vegetables",
|
|
"crunchy snow",
|
|
"These cookies are very crunchy ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crackly",
|
|
"crisped",
|
|
"crispened",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"brickle",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"crispy",
|
|
"crumbly",
|
|
"embrittled",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"flakey",
|
|
"friable",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
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]
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},
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"crusades":{
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"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
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"examples":[
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"a grassroots crusade for spending more money on our public schools"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bandwagons",
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"blitzes",
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"campaigns",
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"causes",
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"drives",
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"juggernauts",
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"movements",
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"pushes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assaults",
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"attacks",
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"maneuvers",
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"marches",
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"offensives",
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"actions",
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"bids",
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"enterprises",
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"initiatives",
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"missions",
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"projects",
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"undertakings"
|
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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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"noun"
|
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]
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},
|
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"crumble":{
|
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"to become worse or of less value":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the stock of the energy company crumbled after the revelations of fraud and mismanagement"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"atrophy",
|
|
"decay",
|
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"decline",
|
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"degenerate",
|
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"descend",
|
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"deteriorate",
|
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"devolve",
|
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"ebb",
|
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"regress",
|
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"retrograde",
|
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"rot",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"recede",
|
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"wane",
|
|
"break down",
|
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"corrupt",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
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"disintegrate",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
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"debilitate",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"lag",
|
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"languish",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"better",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |