2302 lines
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2302 lines
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{
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"muck (about":{
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"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"butt in",
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"interfere",
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"interlope",
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"intermeddle",
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"intrude",
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"meddle",
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"mess",
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"nose",
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"obtrude",
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"poke",
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"pry",
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"snoop"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"intercede",
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"interpose",
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"intervene",
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"barge (in)",
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"chisel (in)",
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"encroach",
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"infringe",
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"invade",
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"trespass",
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"fiddle",
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"fool",
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"monkey",
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"play",
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"tamper"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"avoid",
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"eschew",
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"shun",
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"disregard",
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"ignore",
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"neglect",
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"overlook"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"muck up":{
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"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
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"examples":[
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"I swear, she mucks up everything she tries"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blow",
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"bobble",
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"boggle",
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"bollix (up)",
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"boot",
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"botch",
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"bugger (up)",
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"bumble",
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"bungle",
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"butcher",
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"dub",
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"flub",
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"fluff",
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"foozle",
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"foul up",
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"fumble",
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"goof (up)",
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"louse up",
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"mangle",
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"mess (up)",
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"muff",
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"murder",
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"screw up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"gum (up)",
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"muddle",
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"piffle",
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"blemish",
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"blight",
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"damage",
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"flaw",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"impair",
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"injure",
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"mar",
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"mutilate",
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"ruin",
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"spoil",
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"vitiate",
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"destroy",
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"wreck",
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"mishandle",
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"mismanage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ameliorate",
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"better",
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"enhance",
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"help",
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"improve",
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"meliorate",
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"rectify",
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"refine",
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"reform",
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"remedy",
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"doctor",
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"fix",
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"patch",
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"recondition",
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"renovate",
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"repair",
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"revamp"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"muck-a-mucks":{
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"one of high position or importance within a group":{
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"examples":[
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"the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"big boys",
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"big cheeses",
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"bigfeet",
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"bigfoots",
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"biggies",
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"big guns",
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"big leaguers",
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"bigs",
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"big shots",
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"big-timers",
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"big wheels",
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"bigwigs",
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"fat cats",
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"heavies",
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"heavy hitters",
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"heavyweights",
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"high-muck-a-mucks",
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"high-muckety-mucks",
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"honchos",
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"kahunas",
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"kingfish",
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"kingpins",
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"major leaguers",
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"nabobs",
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"nawabs",
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"nibs",
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"nobs",
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"pooh-bahs",
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"poo-bahs",
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"wheels"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"barons",
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"czars",
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"tsars",
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"tzars",
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"kings",
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"lions",
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"magnates",
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"moguls",
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"princes",
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"princesses",
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"queens",
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"tycoons",
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"VIPs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inferiors",
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"subordinates",
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"underlings",
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"mediocrities",
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"obscurities"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"lightweights",
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"nobodies",
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"nonentities",
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"shrimp",
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"shrimps",
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"twerps",
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"whippersnappers",
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"zeros",
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"zeroes",
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"zilches"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mucks":{
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"to make dirty":{
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"examples":[
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"you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"befouls",
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"begrimes",
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"bemires",
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"besmirches",
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"blackens",
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"daubs",
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"dirties",
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"distains",
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"fouls",
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"gaums",
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"grimes",
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"mires",
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"muddies",
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"smirches",
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"smudges",
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"soils",
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"stains",
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"sullies"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"contaminates",
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"defiles",
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"pollutes",
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"taints",
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"discolors",
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"confuses",
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"disarranges",
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"disarrays",
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"dishevels",
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"disorders",
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"draggles",
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"jumbles",
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"messes",
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"muddles",
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"collies",
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"crocks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decontaminates",
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"purges",
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"purifies",
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"disinfects",
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"sanitizes",
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"brushes",
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"dry-cleans",
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"dusts",
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"launders",
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"mops",
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"rinses",
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"scours",
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"scrubs",
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"sweeps",
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"washes",
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"wipes",
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"brightens",
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"deodorizes",
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"freshens",
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"renews",
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"spruces (up)",
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"straightens (up)",
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"tidies (up)"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cleans",
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"cleanses"
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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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"mucks up":{
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"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
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"examples":[
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"I swear, she mucks up everything she tries"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blows",
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"bobbles",
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"boggles",
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"bollixes (up)",
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"boots",
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"botches",
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"buggers (up)",
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"bumbles",
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"bungles",
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"butchers",
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"dubs",
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"flubs",
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"fluffs",
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"foozles",
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"fouls up",
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"fumbles",
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"goofs (up)",
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"louses up",
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"mangles",
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"messes (up)",
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"muffs",
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"murders",
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"screws up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blunders",
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"gums (up)",
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"muddles",
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"piffles",
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"blemishes",
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"blights",
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"damages",
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"flaws",
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"harms",
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"hurts",
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"impairs",
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"injures",
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"mars",
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"mutilates",
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"ruins",
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"spoils",
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"vitiates",
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"destroys",
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"wrecks",
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"mishandles",
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"mismanages"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ameliorates",
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"betters",
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"enhances",
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"helps",
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"improves",
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"meliorates",
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"rectifies",
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"refines",
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"reforms",
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"remedies",
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"doctors",
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"fixes",
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"patches",
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"reconditions",
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"renovates",
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"repairs",
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"revamps"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"muck (out)":{
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"as in wash , wipe":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"muckrakers":{
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"someone who tries to reveal information about prominent individuals behaving badly":{
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"examples":[
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"The newspaper used a team of seasoned muckrakers to expose the corruption at city hall."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"photojournalists",
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"police reporters",
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"sportswriters",
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"staffers",
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"stringers",
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"correspondents",
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"intelligencers",
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"journalists",
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"newshounds",
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"newsmen",
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"newspeople",
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"pressmen",
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"reporters",
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"announcers",
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"broadcasters",
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"newscasters",
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"newspapermen",
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"newspaperwomen",
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"newswomen",
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"anchormen",
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"anchorpeople",
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"anchors",
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"anchorwomen",
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"byliners",
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"columnists",
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"commentators",
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"copyreaders",
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"editors"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mucky-mucks":{
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"one of high position or importance within a group":{
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"examples":[
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"the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"big boys",
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"big cheeses",
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"bigfeet",
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"bigfoots",
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"biggies",
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"big guns",
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"big leaguers",
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"bigs",
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"big shots",
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"big-timers",
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"big wheels",
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"bigwigs",
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"fat cats",
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"heavies",
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"heavy hitters",
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"heavyweights",
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"high-muck-a-mucks",
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"high-muckety-mucks",
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"honchos",
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"kahunas",
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"kingfish",
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"kingpins",
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"major leaguers",
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"nabobs",
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"nawabs",
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"nibs",
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"nobs",
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"pooh-bahs",
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"poo-bahs",
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"wheels"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"barons",
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"czars",
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"tsars",
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"tzars",
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"kings",
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"lions",
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"magnates",
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"moguls",
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"princes",
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"princesses",
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"queens",
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"tycoons",
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"VIPs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inferiors",
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"subordinates",
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"underlings",
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"mediocrities",
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"obscurities"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"lightweights",
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"nobodies",
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"nonentities",
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"shrimp",
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"shrimps",
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"twerps",
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"whippersnappers",
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"zeros",
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"zeroes",
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"zilches"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"muckety-muck":{
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"one of high position or importance within a group":{
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"examples":[
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"the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"big",
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"big boy",
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"big cheese",
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"big gun",
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"big leaguer",
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"big shot",
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"big wheel",
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"big-timer",
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"bigfoot",
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"biggie",
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"bigwig",
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"fat cat",
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"heavy",
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"heavy hitter",
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"heavyweight",
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"high-muck-a-muck",
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"high-muckety-muck",
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"honcho",
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"kahuna",
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"kingfish",
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"kingpin",
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"major leaguer",
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"nabob",
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"nawab",
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"nibs",
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"nob",
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"pooh-bah",
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"poo-bah",
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"wheel"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"baron",
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"czar",
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"tsar",
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"tzar",
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"king",
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"lion",
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"magnate",
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"mogul",
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"prince",
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"princess",
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"queen",
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"tycoon",
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"VIP"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inferior",
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"subordinate",
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"underling",
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"mediocrity",
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"obscurity"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"lightweight",
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"nobody",
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"nonentity",
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"nothing",
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"shrimp",
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"twerp",
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"whippersnapper",
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"zero",
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"zilch"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mucks (about or around)":{
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"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"butts in",
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"interferes",
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"interlopes",
|
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"intermeddles",
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"intrudes",
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"meddles",
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"messes",
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"noses",
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"obtrudes",
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"pokes",
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"pries",
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"snoops"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"intercedes",
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"interposes",
|
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"intervenes",
|
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"barges (in)",
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"chisels (in)",
|
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"encroaches",
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"infringes",
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"invades",
|
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"trespasses",
|
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"fiddles",
|
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"fools",
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"monkeys",
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"plays",
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"tampers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"avoids",
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"eschews",
|
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"shuns",
|
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"disregards",
|
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"ignores",
|
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"neglects",
|
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"overlooks"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"muchness":{
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"as in generosity , abundance":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abundance",
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"ampleness",
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"bountifulness",
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"copiousness",
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"generosity",
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"handsomeness",
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"liberality",
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"excessiveness",
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"extravagance",
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"extremeness",
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"immoderacy",
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"adequacy",
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"sufficiency",
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"enormity",
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"enormousness",
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"extensiveness",
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"grossness",
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"healthiness",
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"hugeness",
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"immenseness",
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"immensity",
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"magnitude",
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"massiveness",
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"mightiness",
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"mountainousness",
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"prodigiousness",
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"stupendousness",
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"vastness",
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"weightiness",
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"bigness",
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"bulkiness",
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"grandness",
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"greatness",
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"heftiness",
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"largeness",
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"substantiality",
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"voluminousness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"diminutiveness",
|
|
"minuteness",
|
|
"tininess",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"spareness",
|
|
"sparseness",
|
|
"sparsity",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mucked":{
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"distained",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"gaumed",
|
|
"grimed",
|
|
"mired",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"dry-cleaned",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"mopped",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"wiped",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mucks (out)":{
|
|
"as in washes , wipes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"dry-cleans",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"mops",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"shampoos",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"swabs",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"vacuums",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wipes",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"deterges",
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"sweetens",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies",
|
|
"unclutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"sullies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"much less":{
|
|
"to say nothing of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after spraining his ankle, the gymnast hadn't been expected to appear in today's event, much less win it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"let alone",
|
|
"never mind",
|
|
"still less"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"conjunction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muckety-mucks":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big leaguers",
|
|
"bigs",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big-timers",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"heavy hitters",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"high-muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"high-muckety-mucks",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"major leaguers",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nobs",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mucilages":{
|
|
"as in pastes , epoxies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epoxies",
|
|
"epoxy resins",
|
|
"library pastes",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"superglues",
|
|
"water glasses",
|
|
"adhesives",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"cements",
|
|
"glues",
|
|
"sizes",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"goos",
|
|
"gums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mucking (about or around)":{
|
|
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butting in",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"interloping",
|
|
"intermeddling",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"obtruding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"snooping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interceding",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"intervening",
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"chiseling (in)",
|
|
"chiselling (in)",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"tampering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"muck":{
|
|
"foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spattered with muck from the pigpen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"gunk",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"soot",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"squalidness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"cleanness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"soft wet earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her shoes were covered with muck by the end of the soccer game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"humus",
|
|
"loam",
|
|
"sand",
|
|
"soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"that which is of low quality or worth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what's this muck that you've been watching on TV, anyway?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheese",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"dreck",
|
|
"drek",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"tripe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's some solid substance in this book, but the reader has to trudge through a lot of muck to get to it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"bemire",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"distain",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gaum",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"draggle",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"colly",
|
|
"crock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"dry-clean",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"mop",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wipe",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"much":{
|
|
"having great meaning or lasting effect":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"actually, nothing much changed"
|
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],
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|
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|
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"big",
|
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"consequential",
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"earth-shattering",
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"earthshaking",
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"eventful",
|
|
"historic",
|
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"important",
|
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"major",
|
|
"material",
|
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"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"monumental",
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"significant",
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"substantial",
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"tectonic",
|
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"weighty"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"decisive",
|
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"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
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"strategic",
|
|
"earnest",
|
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"grave",
|
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"heavy",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"valuable",
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|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
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|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"seminal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"much gratified by the favorable response to her novel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a large extent or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new decorations made me much happier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"big-time",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"massively",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"sizably",
|
|
"staggeringly",
|
|
"stupendously",
|
|
"tremendously",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"vastly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"amply",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"healthily",
|
|
"plentifully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"fractionally",
|
|
"imperceptibly",
|
|
"infinitesimally",
|
|
"insignificantly",
|
|
"invisibly",
|
|
"microscopically",
|
|
"minutely",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"very close to but not completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"today the old neighborhood looks much as it did years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"all but",
|
|
"almost",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"feckly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"somewhere",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"many times":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't do that much anymore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"again and again",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"hourly",
|
|
"oft",
|
|
"often",
|
|
"oftentimes",
|
|
"ofttimes",
|
|
"over and over",
|
|
"repeatedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"always",
|
|
"consistently",
|
|
"continuingly",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"night and day",
|
|
"perpetually",
|
|
"unceasingly",
|
|
"uninterruptedly",
|
|
"afresh",
|
|
"again",
|
|
"anew",
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"habitually",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"regularly",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"periodically",
|
|
"recurrently",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"usually"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"now",
|
|
"now and then",
|
|
"occasionally",
|
|
"sometimes",
|
|
"sporadically",
|
|
"ne'er",
|
|
"never",
|
|
"once"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"infrequently",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"rarely",
|
|
"seldom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"close to but not exactly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he behaves much the same as I did at that age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"plus or minus",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"some"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"loosely",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"due",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smack-dab",
|
|
"squarely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"precisely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"much of what people think they know about words is inaccurate or downright false"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"basketful",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deal",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plateful",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaf",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillion",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"skimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mucky":{
|
|
"full of or covered with soft wet earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ground was very mucky after a night of pouring rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"oozy",
|
|
"slimy",
|
|
"sludgy",
|
|
"slushy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clayey",
|
|
"loamy",
|
|
"roily",
|
|
"silty",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"gunky",
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"impure",
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"smutty",
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"soiled",
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"squalid",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"unclean",
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"uncleanly"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"antiseptic",
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"clean",
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"cleanly",
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"immaculate",
|
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"pristine",
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"sparkling",
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"spick-and-span",
|
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"spic-and-span",
|
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"spotless",
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"squeaky-clean",
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"unsoiled",
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"unstained",
|
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"unsullied"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"not clean":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"only too happy to remove those old mucky clothes"
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"bedraggled",
|
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"befouled",
|
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"begrimed",
|
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"bemired",
|
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"besmirched",
|
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"black",
|
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"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
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"dingy",
|
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"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
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"dusty",
|
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"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"sooty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"much as":{
|
|
"in spite of the fact that":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"much as I'd like to blame you, I know I can't"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"albeit",
|
|
"although",
|
|
"altho",
|
|
"as",
|
|
"howbeit",
|
|
"notwithstanding",
|
|
"though",
|
|
"when",
|
|
"whereas",
|
|
"while",
|
|
"whilst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"but",
|
|
"if"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"conjunction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mucking (out)":{
|
|
"as in washing , wiping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"dry-cleaning",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"mopping",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
|
"shampooing",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"swabbing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"vacuuming",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"wiping",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"deterging",
|
|
"GI'ing",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"sweetening",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying",
|
|
"uncluttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mucky-muck":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"big boy",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"big leaguer",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"big-timer",
|
|
"bigfoot",
|
|
"biggie",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy hitter",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"high-muck-a-muck",
|
|
"high-muckety-muck",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"major leaguer",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"nawab",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nob",
|
|
"pooh-bah",
|
|
"poo-bah",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lion",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"princess",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |