dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/lil_MWT.json
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{
"lily-livered":{
"having or showing a shameful lack of courage":{
"examples":[
"the pacifist was mistakenly accused of being a lily-livered coward"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chicken-livered",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"milk-livered",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"related":[
"diffident",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"timid",
"timorous",
"afraid",
"frightened",
"scared",
"careful",
"cautious",
"wary",
"bashful",
"coy",
"shy",
"feeble",
"soft",
"unmanly",
"weak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audacious",
"bold",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"nervy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"determined",
"resolute"
],
"antonyms":[
"brave",
"courageous",
"daring",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"lilted":{
"as in crooned , warbled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belted",
"crooned",
"harmonized",
"hummed",
"quavered",
"scatted",
"sharped",
"slurred",
"trilled",
"trolled",
"warbled",
"yodeled",
"yodelled",
"caroled",
"carolled",
"chanted",
"descanted",
"sang",
"sung",
"vocalized",
"serenaded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lilts":{
"the attractive quality of speech or music that rises and falls in a pleasing pattern":{
"examples":[
"There was a charming lilt to her voice.",
"a tune with a lilt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"movements",
"sways",
"swings",
"beats",
"cadences",
"measures",
"meters",
"rhythms",
"accents",
"accentuations",
"emphases",
"stresses",
"inflections",
"intonations",
"backbeats",
"drums",
"throbs",
"hexameters",
"pentameters",
"tetrameters",
"trimeters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in croons , warbles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belts",
"croons",
"harmonizes",
"hums",
"quavers",
"scats",
"sharps",
"slurs",
"trills",
"trolls",
"warbles",
"yodels",
"carols",
"chants",
"descants",
"sings",
"vocalizes",
"serenades"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"Lilliputian":{
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
"examples":[
"to the Lilliputian minds of that small town any depiction of the nude, regardless of its artistry, was pornographic"
],
"synonyms":[
"illiberal",
"insular",
"little",
"narrow",
"narrow-minded",
"parochial",
"petty",
"picayune",
"provincial",
"sectarian",
"small",
"small-minded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inflexible",
"ironbound",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"set",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"wrongheaded",
"bigoted",
"intolerant",
"biased",
"discriminating",
"discriminatory",
"jaundiced",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"brassbound",
"hidebound",
"old-fashioned",
"reactionary",
"stodgy",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"stuffy",
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"opinionated",
"opinionative",
"limited",
"hick",
"unsophisticated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impartial",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"freethinking"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"catholic",
"cosmopolitan",
"liberal",
"open",
"open-minded",
"receptive",
"tolerant"
]
},
"of a size that is less than average":{
"examples":[
"a model train carrying Lilliputian figures through a miniature landscape"
],
"synonyms":[
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dwarf",
"toy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"lilt":{
"the attractive quality of speech or music that rises and falls in a pleasing pattern":{
"examples":[
"There was a charming lilt to her voice.",
"a tune with a lilt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"movement",
"sway",
"swing",
"beat",
"cadence",
"measure",
"meter",
"rhythm",
"accent",
"accentuation",
"emphasis",
"stress",
"inflection",
"intonation",
"backbeat",
"drum",
"throb",
"hexameter",
"pentameter",
"tetrameter",
"trimeter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in croon , warble":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belt",
"croon",
"harmonize",
"hum",
"quaver",
"scat",
"sharp",
"slur",
"trill",
"troll",
"warble",
"yodel",
"carol",
"chant",
"descant",
"sing",
"vocalize",
"serenade"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}