5446 lines
109 KiB
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5446 lines
109 KiB
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{
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"debarking":{
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"to go ashore from a ship":{
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"antonyms":[
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"embarking"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the seasick passengers debarked as soon as the ship dropped anchor"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"boarding",
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"getting (on)",
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"weighing (anchor)"
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],
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"related":[
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"beaching",
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"anchoring",
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"docking",
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"putting in"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"disembarking",
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"landing"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"debase":{
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"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
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"antonyms":[
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"elevate",
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"ennoble",
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"uplift"
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],
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"examples":[
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"we debase ourselves when we adopt the moral code and behavior of our despised enemies"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dignify",
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"exalt",
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"honor",
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"ameliorate",
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"amend",
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"better",
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"enhance",
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"enrich",
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"improve",
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"meliorate",
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"perfect",
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"clarify",
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"clean",
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"cleanse",
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"purify",
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"refine",
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"restore",
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"respect"
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],
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"related":[
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"befoul",
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"begrime",
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"contaminate",
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"defile",
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"dilute",
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"dirty",
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"pollute",
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"taint",
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"thin",
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"water down",
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"weaken",
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"descend",
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"disgrace",
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"dishonor",
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"humble",
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"humiliate",
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"shame",
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"take down",
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"blemish",
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"damage",
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"deface",
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"destroy",
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"flaw",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"impair",
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"mar",
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"ruin",
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"spoil",
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"stain",
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"tarnish",
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"wreck",
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"depreciate",
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"downgrade"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abase",
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"bastardize",
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"canker",
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"cheapen",
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"corrupt",
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"debauch",
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"degrade",
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"demean",
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"demoralize",
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"deprave",
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"deteriorate",
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"lessen",
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"pervert",
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"poison",
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"profane",
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"prostitute",
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"subvert",
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"vitiate",
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"warp"
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]
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},
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"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
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"antonyms":[
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"aggrandize",
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"canonize",
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"deify",
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"elevate",
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"exalt"
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],
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"examples":[
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"our failure to win a single game completely debased us"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaim",
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"applaud",
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"boast",
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"celebrate",
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"cheer",
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"cite",
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"commend",
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"compliment",
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"congratulate",
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"decorate",
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"eulogize",
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"extol",
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"extoll",
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"fete",
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"f\u00eate",
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"hail",
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"honor",
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"laud",
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"praise",
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"salute",
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"tout",
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"acknowledge",
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"recognize",
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"highlight",
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"play up",
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"spotlight",
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"dignify",
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"ennoble",
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"enshrine",
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"ensky",
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"enthrone",
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"glorify",
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"magnify",
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"advance",
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"boost",
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"lift",
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"promote",
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"raise",
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"upgrade",
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"uplift",
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"idealize",
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"romanticize"
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],
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"related":[
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"abash",
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"confound",
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"confuse",
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"discomfit",
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"disconcert",
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"discountenance",
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"embarrass",
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"faze",
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"fluster",
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"mortify",
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"nonplus",
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"rattle",
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"belittle",
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"castigate",
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"criticize",
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"cry down",
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"decry",
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"depreciate",
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"detract",
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"diminish",
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"discount",
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"disparage",
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"minimize",
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"put down",
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"ridicule",
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"write off",
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"bad-mouth",
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"defame",
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"defile",
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"libel",
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"malign",
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"slander",
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"affront",
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"insult",
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"censure",
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"condemn",
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"damn",
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"denounce",
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"execrate",
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"reprehend",
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"reprobate"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abase",
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"chasten",
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"cheapen",
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"degrade",
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"demean",
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"discredit",
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"disgrace",
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"dishonor",
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"foul",
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"humble",
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"humiliate",
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"lower",
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"shame",
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"sink",
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"smirch",
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"take down"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"debases":{
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"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
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"antonyms":[
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"elevates",
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"ennobles",
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"uplifts"
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],
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"examples":[
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"we debase ourselves when we adopt the moral code and behavior of our despised enemies"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dignifies",
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"exalts",
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"honors",
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"ameliorates",
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"amends",
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"betters",
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"enhances",
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"enriches",
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"improves",
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"meliorates",
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"perfects",
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"clarifies",
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"cleans",
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"cleanses",
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"purifies",
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"refines",
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"restores",
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"respects"
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],
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"related":[
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"befouls",
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"begrimes",
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"contaminates",
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"defiles",
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"dilutes",
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"dirties",
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"pollutes",
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"taints",
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"thins",
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"waters down",
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"weakens",
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"descends",
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"disgraces",
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"dishonors",
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"humbles",
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"humiliates",
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"shames",
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"takes down",
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"blemishes",
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"damages",
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"defaces",
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"destroys",
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"flaws",
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"harms",
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"hurts",
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"impairs",
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"mars",
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"ruins",
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"spoils",
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"stains",
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"tarnishes",
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"wrecks",
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"depreciates",
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"downgrades"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abases",
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"bastardizes",
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"cankers",
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"cheapens",
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"corrupts",
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"debauches",
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"degrades",
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"demeans",
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"demoralizes",
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"depraves",
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"deteriorates",
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"lessens",
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"perverts",
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"poisons",
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"profanes",
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"prostitutes",
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"subverts",
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"vitiates",
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"warps"
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]
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},
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"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
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"antonyms":[
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"aggrandizes",
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"canonizes",
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"deifies",
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"elevates",
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"exalts"
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],
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"examples":[
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"our failure to win a single game completely debased us"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaims",
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"applauds",
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"boasts",
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"celebrates",
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"cheers",
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"cites",
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"commends",
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"compliments",
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"congratulates",
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"decorates",
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"eulogizes",
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"extols",
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"extolls",
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"fetes",
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"f\u00eates",
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"hails",
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"honors",
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"lauds",
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"praises",
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"salutes",
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"touts",
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"acknowledges",
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"recognizes",
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"highlights",
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"plays up",
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"spotlights",
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"dignifies",
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"ennobles",
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"enshrines",
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"enskies",
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"enthrones",
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"glorifies",
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"magnifies",
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"advances",
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"boosts",
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"lifts",
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"promotes",
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"raises",
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"upgrades",
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"uplifts",
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"idealizes",
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"romanticizes"
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],
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"related":[
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"abashes",
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"confounds",
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"confuses",
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"discomfits",
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"disconcerts",
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"discountenances",
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"embarrasses",
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"fazes",
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"flusters",
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"mortifies",
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"nonpluses",
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"nonplusses",
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"rattles",
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"belittles",
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"castigates",
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"cries down",
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"criticizes",
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"decries",
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"depreciates",
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"detracts",
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"diminishes",
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"discounts",
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"disparages",
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"minimizes",
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"puts down",
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"ridicules",
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"writes off",
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"bad-mouths",
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"defames",
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"defiles",
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"libels",
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"maligns",
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"slanders",
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"affronts",
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"insults",
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"censures",
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"condemns",
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"damns",
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"denounces",
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"execrates",
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"reprehends",
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"reprobates"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abases",
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"chastens",
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"cheapens",
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"degrades",
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"demeans",
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"discredits",
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"disgraces",
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"dishonors",
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"fouls",
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"humbles",
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"humiliates",
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"lowers",
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"shames",
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"sinks",
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"smirches",
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"takes down"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"debatable":{
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"open to question or dispute":{
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"examples":[
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"it's always debatable which college football team is really number one, since there's more than one ranking system"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arguable",
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"controvertible",
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"disputable",
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"doubtable",
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"doubtful",
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"issuable",
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"moot",
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"negotiable",
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"questionable"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"contradictable",
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"refutable",
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"controversial",
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"debated",
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"disputed",
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"dubious",
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"iffy",
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"inconclusive",
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"indecisive",
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"problematic",
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"problematical",
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"shaky",
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"uncertain",
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"academic",
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"academical",
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"hypothetical",
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"speculative",
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"theoretical",
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"theoretic",
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"ambiguous",
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"equivocal"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"irrefutable",
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"definite",
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"unambiguous",
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"unequivocal",
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"absolute",
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"clear",
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"conclusive",
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"decisive",
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"uncontested",
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"undisputed"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"accomplished",
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"certain",
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"hands-down",
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"inarguable",
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"incontestable",
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"incontrovertible",
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"indisputable",
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"indubitable",
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"irrefragable",
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"positive",
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"questionless",
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"settled",
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"sure",
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"unanswerable",
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"unarguable",
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"unchallengeable",
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"undebatable",
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"undeniable",
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"unquestionable"
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]
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},
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"giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged":{
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"examples":[
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"the debatable wisdom of going back for another helping from the buffet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"disputable",
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"dodgy",
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"doubtable",
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"doubtful",
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"dubious",
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"dubitable",
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"equivocal",
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"fishy",
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"problematic",
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"problematical",
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"queer",
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"questionable",
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"shady",
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"shaky",
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"suspect",
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"suspicious"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alleged",
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"so-called",
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"supposed",
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"moot",
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"ambiguous",
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"open",
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"unclear",
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"uncertain",
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"undecided",
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"undetermined",
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"far-fetched",
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"flimsy",
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"improbable",
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"unlikely",
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"weak"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decisive",
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"definitive",
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"clear",
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"obvious",
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"open-and-shut",
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"positive"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"certain",
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"hands-down",
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"incontestable",
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"indisputable",
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"indubitable",
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"questionless",
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"sure",
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"undeniable",
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"undoubted",
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"unproblematic",
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"unquestionable"
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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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"debauchees":{
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"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the debauchees that are legendarily found at any fraternity party"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"saints"
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],
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"related":[
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"bankrupts",
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"delinquents",
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"derelicts",
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"incorrigibles",
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"blackguards",
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"cads",
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"heels",
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"knaves",
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"miscreants",
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"rascals",
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"reprobates",
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"rogues",
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"scoundrels",
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"villains",
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"lechers",
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"playboys",
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"playgirls",
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"satyrs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backsliders",
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"debauchers",
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"decadents",
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"degenerates",
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"deviates",
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"libertines",
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"perverts",
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"pervs",
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"profligates",
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"rakehells",
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"rakes",
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"rips"
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]
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},
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"a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures":{
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"antonyms":[
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"ascetics"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the biography of a debauchee who underwent a late-life religious conversion and became a monk"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"killjoys",
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"spoilsports",
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"wet blankets",
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"fuddy-duddies",
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"prudes",
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"straight arrows"
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],
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"related":[
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"Cyrenaics",
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"Epicureans",
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"bons vivants",
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"bon vivants",
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"epicures",
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"gluttons",
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"gourmands",
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"libertines",
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"playboys",
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"rakes",
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|
"rou\u00e9s",
|
|
"playgirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decadents",
|
|
"hedonists",
|
|
"sensualists",
|
|
"sybarites",
|
|
"voluptuaries"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debauching":{
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew to the point where they no longer acted like naval professionals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"respecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"diluting",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"thinning",
|
|
"watering down",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"downgrading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"bastardizing",
|
|
"cankering",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"prostituting",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"warping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debility":{
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our grandmother's debility is due in large part to her advanced age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenia",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"fragility",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"wimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"prostration",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impuissance",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"effeteness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"incapacitation",
|
|
"invalidism",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"muscularity",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"vigor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debriefs":{
|
|
"to officially ask (someone) about a job that has been done or about an experience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Police debriefed the hostages upon their return.",
|
|
"The pilot was debriefed after his flight."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"cross-examines",
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debunked":{
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Web site that assiduously debunks urban legends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disconfirmed",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"shot down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overturned",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"hashed (over)",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"talked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"evidenced",
|
|
"evinced",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"backed (up)",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"adduced",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"manifested"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the investigative reporter easily debunked the charlatan's claims of clairvoyance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"unmasked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debut":{
|
|
"the first time an actor, musician, athlete, etc., does something in public or for the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He made his singing debut at a very young age.",
|
|
"She is making her television debut in the new sitcom."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"emergence",
|
|
"premiere",
|
|
"alpha",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"drawing board",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"germ",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"completion",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"period",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"windup",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"omega"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in dawn":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"bob (up)",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break out",
|
|
"crop (up)",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcrop",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"shoot (up)",
|
|
"spring (up)",
|
|
"surface",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"loom",
|
|
"happen",
|
|
"occur",
|
|
"reappear",
|
|
"resurface",
|
|
"reappear",
|
|
"rematerialize",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up",
|
|
"unfold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evanesce",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"go (away)",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debates":{
|
|
"a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after much debate , I decided to get the chocolate ice cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"advisements",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"deliberations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"thoughts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cogitations",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"ruminations",
|
|
"introspections",
|
|
"hesitations",
|
|
"indecisions",
|
|
"premeditations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"variance of opinion on a matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a great deal of debate over the need for cutting costs by eliminating some programs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contestations",
|
|
"controversies",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"disputations",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions",
|
|
"dissensuses",
|
|
"firestorms",
|
|
"nonconcurrences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collisions",
|
|
"conflictions",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"disaccords",
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"dissonances",
|
|
"divarications",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contentions",
|
|
"strifes",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"altercations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"fallings-out",
|
|
"falling-outs",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"kickups",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"set-tos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"compliances",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"peaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"consensuses",
|
|
"harmonies",
|
|
"unanimities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was no debate over the expenditures before the vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argumentations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"argy-bargies",
|
|
"back-and-forths",
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"consultations",
|
|
"consults",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"deliberations",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"give-and-takes",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull sessions",
|
|
"chat rooms",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"skull sessions",
|
|
"skull practices",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"talkathons",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"conversations",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"disquisitions",
|
|
"consultancies",
|
|
"negotiations",
|
|
"pourparlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still debating what to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"cogitates",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"perpends",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"thinks (about or over)",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"wrestles (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muses (upon)",
|
|
"reflects (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisces",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"second-guesses",
|
|
"speculates (about)",
|
|
"broods (about or over)",
|
|
"dwells (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixates (on or upon)",
|
|
"frets (about or over)",
|
|
"obsesses (about or over)",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"opines",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"drinks (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"rejects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we debated the advantages versus the disadvantages of the proposed waterfront development"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"bandies",
|
|
"bats (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"hashes (over or out)",
|
|
"moots",
|
|
"talks over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"speaks (about)",
|
|
"talks (about)",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"propounds",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stirs up",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"hammers out",
|
|
"talks out",
|
|
"thrashes (out)",
|
|
"wrestles (with)",
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debarred":{
|
|
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the judge debarred all of the reporters from the courtroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"closed out",
|
|
"counted (out)",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"excepted",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"froze out",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"shut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"blacklisted",
|
|
"excommunicated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"staved off",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"checked off",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"combed (out)",
|
|
"weeded (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"unbanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"included"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debarked":{
|
|
"to go ashore from a ship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the seasick passengers debarked as soon as the ship dropped anchor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disembarked",
|
|
"landed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beached",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boarded",
|
|
"got (on)",
|
|
"weighed (anchor)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embarked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debunk":{
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Web site that assiduously debunks urban legends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"disconfirm",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"shoot down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"hash (over)",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"talk over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"document",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"back (up)",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"adduce",
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"manifest"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"verify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the investigative reporter easily debunked the charlatan's claims of clairvoyance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undress",
|
|
"unmask"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"secrete",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debated":{
|
|
"as in controversial , disputed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"contradictable",
|
|
"refutable",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"iffy",
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"arguable",
|
|
"controvertible",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"issuable",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"inarguable",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"irrefragable",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"questionless",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unarguable",
|
|
"unchallengeable",
|
|
"undebatable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"uncontested",
|
|
"undisputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still debating what to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"perpended",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"wrestled (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
|
"speculated (about)",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we debated the advantages versus the disadvantages of the proposed waterfront development"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"bandied",
|
|
"batted (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"hashed (over or out)",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"talked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"spoke (about)",
|
|
"talked (about)",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"propounded",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"talked out",
|
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
|
"wrestled (with)",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debilitations":{
|
|
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heart surgery debilitated the college athlete beyond his worst fears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devitalize",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"etiolate",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"incapacitate",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"grind (down)",
|
|
"wear down",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"paralyze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"toughen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the debilitation that all the prisoners of war had experienced during their captivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atrophy",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"setback"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"invigoration",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"rejuvenation",
|
|
"rejuvenescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"recuperation",
|
|
"rehabilitation",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"snapback"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attributed the patient's general debilitation to an iron deficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenia",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"fragility",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"wimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"prostration",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impuissance",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"effeteness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"incapacitation",
|
|
"invalidism",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"muscularity",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"vigor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debilitating":{
|
|
"as in enfeebling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heart surgery debilitated the college athlete beyond his worst fears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devitalizing",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"etiolating",
|
|
"prostrating",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"incapacitating",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"invaliding",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"grinding (down)",
|
|
"wearing down",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"paralyzing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"recruiting",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"toughening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debit":{
|
|
"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the debits of living in the country was the lack of easy accessibility to health care"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"disbenefit",
|
|
"downside",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"incommodity",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"millstone",
|
|
"stranglehold",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"vantage",
|
|
"head start",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"ascendancy",
|
|
"ascendency",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"transcendence",
|
|
"upper hand",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"opportunity",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debs":{
|
|
"as in ingenues , debutantes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debutantes",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"damsels",
|
|
"demoiselles",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"virgins",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"chits",
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"lassies",
|
|
"sheilas",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"colleens",
|
|
"mademoiselles",
|
|
"mesdemoiselles",
|
|
"senhoritas",
|
|
"senoritas",
|
|
"se\u00f1oritas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debauchery":{
|
|
"immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fraternity brothers indulged in shameless debauchery all weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"profligacy",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"vice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"turpitude",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"villainousness",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"criminality",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"lousiness",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"legitimacy",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"scrupulosity",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"blamelessness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"pureness",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness",
|
|
"cleanness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the minister decried what he called the debauchery of today's society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjection",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decadency",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degenerateness",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"demoralization",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"dissipatedness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"rakishness",
|
|
"turpitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"gangrene",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a night of drinking and debauchery at the gentleman's club"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carnality",
|
|
"hedonism",
|
|
"sensuality",
|
|
"sybaritism",
|
|
"voluptuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"venery",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"self-indulgence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debonair":{
|
|
"having or showing freedom from worries or troubles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his debonair dismissal of my inquiry concerning his financial situation led me to believe that nothing was wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
|
"blase",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"overburdened",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careworn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing very polished and worldly manners":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the debonair gentleman charmed all of the ladies in the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"urbane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"metro",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"lubberly",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"classless",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"uncouth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debauched":{
|
|
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the debauched philanderer was the talk of the town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"rakehell",
|
|
"rakehelly",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"uncorrupt",
|
|
"uncorrupted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew to the point where they no longer acted like naval professionals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"bastardized",
|
|
"cankered",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"prostituted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"watered down",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"downgraded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"respected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"uplifted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debuting":{
|
|
"as in dawning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"bobbing (up)",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking out",
|
|
"cropping (up)",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"erupting",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"outcropping",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"shooting (up)",
|
|
"springing (up)",
|
|
"surfacing",
|
|
"bulking",
|
|
"looming",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"occurring",
|
|
"reappearing",
|
|
"resurfacing",
|
|
"reappearing",
|
|
"rematerializing",
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"coming out",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up",
|
|
"unfolding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"evanescing",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"going (away)",
|
|
"melting (away)",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debriefing":{
|
|
"to officially ask (someone) about a job that has been done or about an experience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Police debriefed the hostages upon their return.",
|
|
"The pilot was debriefed after his flight."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"quizzing",
|
|
"barraging",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"cross-examining",
|
|
"catechizing",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deb":{
|
|
"as in ingenue , debutante":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debutante",
|
|
"ingenue",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nue",
|
|
"damsel",
|
|
"demoiselle",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"chit",
|
|
"filly",
|
|
"lass",
|
|
"lassie",
|
|
"sheila",
|
|
"sister",
|
|
"colleen",
|
|
"mademoiselle",
|
|
"senhorita",
|
|
"senorita",
|
|
"se\u00f1orita"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debaucher":{
|
|
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in his youth the man had been a debaucher of the worst sort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backslider",
|
|
"debauchee",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"perv",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"rakehell",
|
|
"rip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"lecher",
|
|
"playboy",
|
|
"playgirl",
|
|
"satyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debater":{
|
|
"a person who takes part in a dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the debater was unable to come up with a convincing rebuttal for his opponent's argument"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguer",
|
|
"argufier",
|
|
"bickerer",
|
|
"brawler",
|
|
"disputant",
|
|
"disputer",
|
|
"fighter",
|
|
"quarreler",
|
|
"quarreller",
|
|
"scrapper",
|
|
"squabbler",
|
|
"wrangler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"codefendant",
|
|
"defendant",
|
|
"plaintiff",
|
|
"pleader",
|
|
"challenger",
|
|
"contender",
|
|
"contestant",
|
|
"skirmisher",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"pettifogger",
|
|
"quibbler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debugged":{
|
|
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the computer program ran much faster after it was debugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remedied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"redrew",
|
|
"restyled",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"rewrote",
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"righted",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"touched up",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"modulated",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"modified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debar":{
|
|
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge debarred all of the reporters from the courtroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"close out",
|
|
"count (out)",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"except",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"freeze out",
|
|
"rule out",
|
|
"shut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"blacklist",
|
|
"excommunicate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"obviate",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"stave off",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"check off",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"comb (out)",
|
|
"weed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"unban"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"include"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debauch":{
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew to the point where they no longer acted like naval professionals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"canker",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"water down",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"downgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debauchers":{
|
|
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in his youth the man had been a debaucher of the worst sort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backsliders",
|
|
"debauchees",
|
|
"decadents",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"pervs",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"rakehells",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"delinquents",
|
|
"derelicts",
|
|
"incorrigibles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"lechers",
|
|
"playboys",
|
|
"playgirls",
|
|
"satyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debarment":{
|
|
"as in deterrence , determent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"checkmate",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"determent",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"neutralization",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"interdiction",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"circumvention",
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"forestallment",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"prevention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debuts":{
|
|
"the first time an actor, musician, athlete, etc., does something in public or for the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He made his singing debut at a very young age.",
|
|
"She is making her television debut in the new sitcom."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"emergences",
|
|
"premieres",
|
|
"alphas",
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"baselines",
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"beginnings",
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"births",
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"commencements",
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"dawns",
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"day ones",
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"geneses",
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"get-goes",
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"git-goes",
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"inceptions",
|
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"incipiences",
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"incipiencies",
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"kickoffs",
|
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"launches",
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"mornings",
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"nascences",
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"nascencies",
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"onsets",
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"outsets",
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"starts",
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"thresholds",
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"openings",
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"drawing boards",
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"first bases",
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"ground zeros",
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"square ones",
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"creations",
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"inaugurations",
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"initiations",
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"institutions",
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"originations",
|
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"cradles",
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"fountainheads",
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"fountains",
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"germs",
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"origins",
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"roots",
|
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"seedbeds",
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"sources",
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"springs",
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"wells",
|
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"wellsprings"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"cessations",
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"closings",
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"closures",
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"completions",
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"finales",
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"finishes",
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"periods",
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"stops",
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|
"terminations",
|
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"windups",
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"closes",
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"conclusions",
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"endings",
|
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"ends",
|
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"omegas"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"as in dawns":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"arises",
|
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"blossoms",
|
|
"bobs (up)",
|
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"breaks",
|
|
"breaks out",
|
|
"crops (up)",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcrops",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"shoots (up)",
|
|
"springs (up)",
|
|
"surfaces",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"looms",
|
|
"happens",
|
|
"occurs",
|
|
"reappears",
|
|
"resurfaces",
|
|
"reappears",
|
|
"rematerializes",
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up",
|
|
"unfolds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"evanesces",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"goes (away)",
|
|
"melts (away)",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debunks":{
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Web site that assiduously debunks urban legends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"disconfirms",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"shoots down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"hashes (over)",
|
|
"moots",
|
|
"talks over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"evinces",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"backs (up)",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"adduces",
|
|
"attests",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"manifests"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"verifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the investigative reporter easily debunked the charlatan's claims of clairvoyance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"undresses",
|
|
"unmasks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"secretes",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debaser":{
|
|
"as in corrupter , debaucher":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrupter",
|
|
"corruptor",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"degrader",
|
|
"depraver",
|
|
"perverter",
|
|
"undoer",
|
|
"briber",
|
|
"inducer",
|
|
"inveigler",
|
|
"persuader",
|
|
"tantalizer",
|
|
"beguiler",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"seducer",
|
|
"solicitor",
|
|
"tempter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debarks":{
|
|
"to go ashore from a ship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the seasick passengers debarked as soon as the ship dropped anchor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disembarks",
|
|
"lands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaches",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"puts in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"gets (on)",
|
|
"weighs (anchor)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embarks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debauchee":{
|
|
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the debauchees that are legendarily found at any fraternity party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backslider",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"perv",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"rakehell",
|
|
"rip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"lecher",
|
|
"playboy",
|
|
"playgirl",
|
|
"satyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the biography of a debauchee who underwent a late-life religious conversion and became a monk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"hedonist",
|
|
"sensualist",
|
|
"sybarite",
|
|
"voluptuary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Cyrenaic",
|
|
"Epicurean",
|
|
"bon vivant",
|
|
"epicure",
|
|
"glutton",
|
|
"gourmand",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"playboy",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"rou\u00e9",
|
|
"playgirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"spoilsport",
|
|
"wet blanket",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"prude",
|
|
"straight arrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debars":{
|
|
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge debarred all of the reporters from the courtroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"closes out",
|
|
"counts (out)",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"excepts",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"freezes out",
|
|
"rules out",
|
|
"shuts out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"blacklists",
|
|
"excommunicates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"obviates",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"staves off",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"checks off",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"combs (out)",
|
|
"weeds (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"unbans"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"includes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debaucheries":{
|
|
"immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fraternity brothers indulged in shameless debauchery all weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"profligacy",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"vice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"turpitude",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"villainousness",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"criminality",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"lousiness",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"legitimacy",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"scrupulosity",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"blamelessness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"pureness",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness",
|
|
"cleanness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the minister decried what he called the debauchery of today's society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjection",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decadency",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degenerateness",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"demoralization",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"dissipatedness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"rakishness",
|
|
"turpitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"gangrene",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a night of drinking and debauchery at the gentleman's club"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carnality",
|
|
"hedonism",
|
|
"sensuality",
|
|
"sybaritism",
|
|
"voluptuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"venery",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"self-indulgence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debunking":{
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Web site that assiduously debunks urban legends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belying",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disconfirming",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"shooting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"overturning",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"mistrusting",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"hashing (over)",
|
|
"mooting",
|
|
"talking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"evidencing",
|
|
"evincing",
|
|
"recording",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"backing (up)",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"adducing",
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"manifesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"verifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the investigative reporter easily debunked the charlatan's claims of clairvoyance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"undressing",
|
|
"unmasking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"secreting",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debris":{
|
|
"discarded or useless material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unsightly debris left after mining operations had ceased"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"dreck",
|
|
"drek",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"effluvium",
|
|
"effluvia",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"offal",
|
|
"offscouring",
|
|
"raffle",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spilth",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"truck",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"scrap heap",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"flotsam",
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"wreckage",
|
|
"castoff",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"two bits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"trove",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"salvage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the demolition workers cleared away all of the debris from the demolished building"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"flotsam",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"residue",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"wreckage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debacles":{
|
|
"a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the financial debacle that was the stock market crash of 1929"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apocalypses",
|
|
"calamities",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"disasters",
|
|
"tragedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodbaths",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"meltdowns",
|
|
"Armageddons",
|
|
"doomsdays",
|
|
"end-times",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"fatalities",
|
|
"misadventures",
|
|
"mischances",
|
|
"misfortunes",
|
|
"mishaps",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"double whammies",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"one-two punches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie, which some had predicted would be a blockbuster, turned out to be the summer's biggest debacle at the multiplexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"disasters",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"shipwrecks",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"washouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"also-rans",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"has-beens",
|
|
"near misses",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"nonevents",
|
|
"nonstarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"winners"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debasement":{
|
|
"a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the debasement of professional sports to a shamelessly commercial enterprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjection",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decadency",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degenerateness",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"demoralization",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"dissipatedness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"rakishness",
|
|
"turpitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"gangrene",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debasing":{
|
|
"as in humiliating , demeaning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwieldy",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"uncomfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in profane , perverted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"prurient",
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"lustful",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"bedroom",
|
|
"erotic",
|
|
"erotical",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"soft-core",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"X-rated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in debasement , humiliation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliation",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"stigma",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scandal",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"repute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we debase ourselves when we adopt the moral code and behavior of our despised enemies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"bastardizing",
|
|
"cankering",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"debauching",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"prostituting",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"warping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"diluting",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"thinning",
|
|
"watering down",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"downgrading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"respecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our failure to win a single game completely debased us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"taking down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"detracting",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"celebrating",
|
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"cheering",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"decorating",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"feting",
|
|
"f\u00eating",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"enskying",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"idealizing",
|
|
"romanticizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"exalting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debasers":{
|
|
"as in corrupters , debauchers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrupters",
|
|
"corruptors",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"degraders",
|
|
"depravers",
|
|
"perverters",
|
|
"undoers",
|
|
"bribers",
|
|
"inducers",
|
|
"inveiglers",
|
|
"persuaders",
|
|
"tantalizers",
|
|
"beguilers",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"seducers",
|
|
"solicitors",
|
|
"tempters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debilitates":{
|
|
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heart surgery debilitated the college athlete beyond his worst fears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devitalizes",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"etiolates",
|
|
"prostrates",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"incapacitates",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"invalids",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"grinds (down)",
|
|
"wears down",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"paralyzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"toughens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"strengthens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debasements":{
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we debase ourselves when we adopt the moral code and behavior of our despised enemies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"canker",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"water down",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"downgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our failure to win a single game completely debased us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"take down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"detract",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"ensky",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"idealize",
|
|
"romanticize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"exalt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the debasement of professional sports to a shamelessly commercial enterprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjection",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decadency",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degenerateness",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"demoralization",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"dissipatedness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"rakishness",
|
|
"turpitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"gangrene",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debits":{
|
|
"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the debits of living in the country was the lack of easy accessibility to health care"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"disbenefits",
|
|
"downsides",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"incommodities",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"minuses",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"albatrosses",
|
|
"millstones",
|
|
"strangleholds",
|
|
"disabilities",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"shortcomings",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"vantages",
|
|
"head starts",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"ascendancies",
|
|
"ascendencies",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"superiorities",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"transcendences",
|
|
"upper hands",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"opportunities",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debark":{
|
|
"to go ashore from a ship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the seasick passengers debarked as soon as the ship dropped anchor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disembark",
|
|
"land"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beach",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"board",
|
|
"get (on)",
|
|
"weigh (anchor)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embark"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debased":{
|
|
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a book that examines the debased character of the criminal mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"rakehell",
|
|
"rakehelly",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"uncorrupt",
|
|
"uncorrupted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we debase ourselves when we adopt the moral code and behavior of our despised enemies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"bastardized",
|
|
"cankered",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"prostituted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"watered down",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"downgraded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
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"perfected",
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"clarified",
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"cleaned",
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"cleansed",
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"purified",
|
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"refined",
|
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"restored",
|
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"respected"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"elevated",
|
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"ennobled",
|
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"uplifted"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"our failure to win a single game completely debased us"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"abased",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"took down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"cried down",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"detracted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"maligned",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"congratulated",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"feted",
|
|
"f\u00eated",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"enskied",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"idealized",
|
|
"romanticized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"exalted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"debug":{
|
|
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the computer program ran much faster after it was debugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"red-pencil",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"redraw",
|
|
"restyle",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"rewrite",
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"redress",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"touch up",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"modulate",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"modify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |