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{
"Ards":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"acute respiratory distress syndrome ; adult respiratory distress syndrome":[],
"district of eastern Northern Ireland facing the North Channel , established 1974 area 143 square miles (372 square kilometers), population 64,026":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rdz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045204",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"geographical name"
]
},
"ardency":{
"antonyms":[
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"insensibleness",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being ardent":[]
},
"examples":[
"the ardency in the social worker's voice surprised me",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But even at his most frustrating, the ardency of his thinking draws us to him. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"His impassioned speeches the last two weeks endear him to many players, but his ardency proved irksome to others. \u2014 Joseph Longo, Vulture , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Jefferson had seen Monacans go in groups to visit the mounds, but the knowledge of their reverence and the ardency of their devotion didn\u2019t satisfy him. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 28 Dec. 2020",
"But the actor brings the ardency and intensity of a much younger man. \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 3 Oct. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1549, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"ard(ent) + -ency":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4r-d\u1d4an(t)-s\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"ardor",
"emotion",
"enthusiasm",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"fire",
"heat",
"intenseness",
"intensity",
"passion",
"passionateness",
"vehemence",
"violence",
"warmth",
"white heat"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212321",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ardent":{
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous support or activity":[
"ardent proponents of the bill",
"an ardent admirer",
"ardent fans"
],
": fiery , hot":[
"an ardent sun"
],
": shining , glowing":[
"ardent eyes"
]
},
"examples":[
"These ardent young nationalists, mostly still in their 20s and impatient for freedom, had acquired arms from sympathetic nationalist officers in the Indian army \u2026 \u2014 Gita Mehta , Vogue , April 1997",
"In fact, Gorbachev told me, a schoolboy essay he'd written on the virtues of Stalin was considered so ardent and exemplary that \"for years thereafter other children were made to read it.\" \u2014 David Remnick , New Yorker , 18 Nov. 1996",
"During the fourth century, pagan piety in the upper classes became more elevated, more ardent , and more mystical. \u2014 Norman F. Cantor , The Civilization of the Middle Ages , 1993",
"made ardent declarations of love to the woman he someday hoped to marry",
"an ardent science-fiction fan who has read virtually all of his favorite author's many works",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kid Rock has been an ardent Trump supporter over the years. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"Councilman Joe Buscaino, a onetime opponent turned ardent Caruso supporter, saw the landscape differently. \u2014 Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"The program also has had an ardent supporter in House Speaker Ronald Mariano, a Quincy Democrat who watched a studio spring up in his own city, one of a growing number of soundstages that have been, or are being, built in the state. \u2014 Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"As an ardent supporter of President Emmanuel Macron of France, Nicole Liot was all smiles after seeing him at a recent campaign stop. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"She's been an ardent supporter of Biden, serving on the national finance committee of Joe Biden for President 2020, according to her website. \u2014 Scott Wartman, The Enquirer , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Cox is an ardent Trump supporter and enthusiastically took part in the former president\u2019s attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 election. \u2014 Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Pirtle is a partner in a farming business and an ardent supporter of gun rights. \u2014 Morgan Lee, USA TODAY , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Even the most ardent supporter of a political party likely has a dog or a cat \u2014 and plenty of smartphone photos to share. \u2014 Michele Merrell, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ardaunt, ardent \"burning, fiery, passionate,\" borrowed from Middle French ardent, ardant, going back to Old French, borrowed from Latin ardent-, ardens \"burning, fiercely hot, shining, eager, passionate,\" from present participle of ard\u0113re \"to burn, emit light or flame, be fiercely hot, be violently excited, be eager,\" derivative of \u0101ridus, \u0101rdus \"dry, waterless\" \u2014 more at arid":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4r-d\u1d4ant"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ardent impassioned , passionate , ardent , fervent , fervid , perfervid mean showing intense feeling. impassioned implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests fluent verbal expression. an impassioned plea for justice passionate implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of emotion. a passionate denunciation ardent implies an intense degree of zeal, devotion, or enthusiasm. an ardent supporter of human rights fervent stresses sincerity and steadiness of emotional warmth or zeal. fervent good wishes fervid suggests warmly and spontaneously and often feverishly expressed emotion. fervid love letters perfervid implies the expression of exaggerated or overwrought feelings. perfervid expressions of patriotism",
"synonyms":[
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023235",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"ardent spirits":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": strong distilled liquors":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Serrano's ardent spirit and aptitude for financial intricacies made her a valuable council member, said Jay Tibshraeny, longtime Chandler mayor and former council member who served alongside Serrano. \u2014 Mackenzie Shuman, azcentral , 23 Oct. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1684, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040512",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"ardor":{
"antonyms":[
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"insensibleness",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity"
],
"definitions":{
": an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling":[
"the sudden ardors of youth"
],
": extreme vigor or energy : intensity":[
"the ardor of a true believer"
],
": loyalty":[],
": sexual excitement":[],
": zeal":[]
},
"examples":[
"the sudden ardors of youth",
"candidates for citizenship reciting the oath of allegiance to the United States with all the ardor that they could muster",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Russian mezzo bundles an evening\u2019s worth of chills into a single scene, her voice a hall-filling revelation of tensile ardor and might. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"But the ardor of the support for the local team remains as strong as ever. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"Wayne exhibits peak masculine authority, his ardor completed by Leigh\u2019s shapely femininity. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 8 June 2022",
"Poupaud is also superb in a performance that underlines the sincere ardor beneath his character\u2019s vacillations. \u2014 Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"Ball, a natural brunette, had flirted with bottle blond and subtle ginger earlier in her career, never finding her signature shade, and despite Guilaroff\u2019s ardor for Tango Red, Ball\u2019s search went on. \u2014 Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"In what way is erotic ardor an intellectual affliction",
"In the hearings for Trump\u2019s second impeachment, to watch Raskin make his icily logical yet passionately democratic opening and closing arguments was to witness an astonishing act not just of personal courage but of civic ardor . \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Roxanne\u2019s ardor for Christian intensifies, as Cyrano pines for her from afar; Dinklage conveys this with a pained facial expression that suggests indigestion more than lovesickness. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 24 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ardour, borrowed from Anglo-French ardur, ardour \"burning, fever, passion,\" borrowed from Latin ard\u014dr-, ardor \"burning, flash of light, extreme heat, mental excitement, eagerness, passion,\" from ard\u0113re \"to burn, be fiercely hot, be violently excited, be eager\" + -\u014dr-, -or (earlier *-\u014ds-, *-\u014ds ), abstract noun suffix \u2014 more at ardent":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4r-d\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ardor passion , fervor , ardor , enthusiasm , zeal mean intense emotion compelling action. passion applies to an emotion that is deeply stirring or ungovernable. gave in to his passions fervor implies a warm and steady emotion. read the poem aloud with great fervor ardor suggests warm and excited feeling likely to be fitful or short-lived. the ardor of their honeymoon soon faded enthusiasm applies to lively or eager interest in or admiration for a proposal, cause, or activity. never showed much enthusiasm for sports zeal implies energetic and unflagging pursuit of an aim or devotion to a cause. preaches with fanatical zeal",
"synonyms":[
"ardency",
"emotion",
"enthusiasm",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"fire",
"heat",
"intenseness",
"intensity",
"passion",
"passionateness",
"vehemence",
"violence",
"warmth",
"white heat"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042709",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ardri":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the high king in ancient Ireland \u2014 compare rig entry 9":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Irish Gaelic \u0101rdr\u012b , from \u0101rd high, noble (from Old Irish ard ) + r\u012b king, from Old Irish":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130607",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arduinite":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": mordenite":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Giovanni Arduino \u20201795 Italian geologist + English -ite":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r\u02c8d\u00fc\u0259\u02ccn-",
"\u02cc\u00e4rd\u0259\u02c8w\u0113\u02ccn\u012bt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040403",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arduous":{
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
"soft",
"undemanding"
],
"definitions":{
": hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult":[
"an arduous task",
"years of arduous training"
],
": hard to climb : steep":[
"an arduous path"
],
": marked by great labor or effort : strenuous":[
"\u2026 a life of arduous toil.",
"\u2014 A. C. Cole"
]
},
"examples":[
"Traveling for several days by train, stagecoach and horseback, they would reach Mariposa Grove, a stand of some 200 ancient giant sequoias, where they would rest before embarking on an arduous descent via 26 switchbacks into the valley. \u2014 Tony Perrottet , Smithsonian , July 2008",
"As yoga classes go, this is not an arduous one, but the students don't know that. \u2014 Richard Corliss , Time , 23 Apr. 2001",
"Women of middling means had the most to gain from increased consumption, for imported goods often reduced their long and arduous labor, especially in making candles and soap or in spinning and weaving cloth. \u2014 Alan Taylor , American Colonies , 2000",
"He went through a long and arduous training program.",
"an arduous journey across miles of desert",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the past, fighting frizz was a long, arduous process filled with sticky gels and heavy hairspray that left your hair feeling crunchy, weighed down, and dry. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 22 June 2022",
"There\u2019s no existing fast-track path to speed up the arduous membership process, which can normally last more than a decade. \u2014 Jorge Valero, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"The milestone opens an arduous membership process that could last more than a decade in which the country must adopt EU rules and standards. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 12 June 2022",
"While every company is unique and none can accurately predict the temperament of the market before filing an S-1, there are valuable lessons to help guide this arduous process. \u2014 Michael Praeger, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"All but eliminate the possibility of Victor Oladipo gaining an NBA starting role with the Heat, which likely stands as his next goal amid his arduous rehabilitation process from May 2021 quadriceps surgery. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 4 June 2022",
"The last year has been an arduous one for the 11th overall pick of the 2020 NFL draft. \u2014 Chris Iseman, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"That\u2019s an arduous path, but one every battery startup needs to travel before its products find a market. \u2014 John Voelcker, Car and Driver , 14 June 2022",
"Above all, the documentary humanizes a woman \u2014 often overshadowed by tabloid stories about her personal life \u2014 who continues to take over the world with her arduous work ethic and ability to command any audience. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin arduus high, steep, difficult; akin to Old Irish ard high":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-j\u00fc-\u0259s",
"\u02c8\u00e4r-j\u0259-w\u0259s",
"-dyu\u0307-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for arduous hard , difficult , arduous mean demanding great exertion or effort. hard implies the opposite of all that is easy. farming is hard work difficult implies the presence of obstacles to be surmounted or puzzles to be resolved and suggests the need of skill or courage. the difficult ascent of the mountain arduous stresses the need of laborious and persevering exertion. the arduous task of rebuilding",
"synonyms":[
"Augean",
"backbreaking",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"effortful",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"heavy",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"killer",
"laborious",
"moiling",
"murderous",
"pick-and-shovel",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"testing",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064623",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"arduously":{
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
"soft",
"undemanding"
],
"definitions":{
": hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult":[
"an arduous task",
"years of arduous training"
],
": hard to climb : steep":[
"an arduous path"
],
": marked by great labor or effort : strenuous":[
"\u2026 a life of arduous toil.",
"\u2014 A. C. Cole"
]
},
"examples":[
"Traveling for several days by train, stagecoach and horseback, they would reach Mariposa Grove, a stand of some 200 ancient giant sequoias, where they would rest before embarking on an arduous descent via 26 switchbacks into the valley. \u2014 Tony Perrottet , Smithsonian , July 2008",
"As yoga classes go, this is not an arduous one, but the students don't know that. \u2014 Richard Corliss , Time , 23 Apr. 2001",
"Women of middling means had the most to gain from increased consumption, for imported goods often reduced their long and arduous labor, especially in making candles and soap or in spinning and weaving cloth. \u2014 Alan Taylor , American Colonies , 2000",
"He went through a long and arduous training program.",
"an arduous journey across miles of desert",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the past, fighting frizz was a long, arduous process filled with sticky gels and heavy hairspray that left your hair feeling crunchy, weighed down, and dry. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 22 June 2022",
"There\u2019s no existing fast-track path to speed up the arduous membership process, which can normally last more than a decade. \u2014 Jorge Valero, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"The milestone opens an arduous membership process that could last more than a decade in which the country must adopt EU rules and standards. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 12 June 2022",
"While every company is unique and none can accurately predict the temperament of the market before filing an S-1, there are valuable lessons to help guide this arduous process. \u2014 Michael Praeger, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"All but eliminate the possibility of Victor Oladipo gaining an NBA starting role with the Heat, which likely stands as his next goal amid his arduous rehabilitation process from May 2021 quadriceps surgery. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 4 June 2022",
"The last year has been an arduous one for the 11th overall pick of the 2020 NFL draft. \u2014 Chris Iseman, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"That\u2019s an arduous path, but one every battery startup needs to travel before its products find a market. \u2014 John Voelcker, Car and Driver , 14 June 2022",
"Above all, the documentary humanizes a woman \u2014 often overshadowed by tabloid stories about her personal life \u2014 who continues to take over the world with her arduous work ethic and ability to command any audience. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin arduus high, steep, difficult; akin to Old Irish ard high":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-j\u00fc-\u0259s",
"\u02c8\u00e4r-j\u0259-w\u0259s",
"-dyu\u0307-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for arduous hard , difficult , arduous mean demanding great exertion or effort. hard implies the opposite of all that is easy. farming is hard work difficult implies the presence of obstacles to be surmounted or puzzles to be resolved and suggests the need of skill or courage. the difficult ascent of the mountain arduous stresses the need of laborious and persevering exertion. the arduous task of rebuilding",
"synonyms":[
"Augean",
"backbreaking",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"effortful",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"heavy",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"killer",
"laborious",
"moiling",
"murderous",
"pick-and-shovel",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"testing",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094509",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"Ardennes":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"wooded plateau region in northeastern France, western Luxembourg, and southeastern Belgium east of the Meuse River":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r-\u02c8den"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003816"
},
"ardennite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral Mn 5 Al 5 (VO 4 )(SiO 4 ) 5 (OH) 2 \u00b72H 2 O consisting of a hydrous silicate vanadate and arsenate of manganese and aluminum":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r\u02c8de\u02ccn\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German ardennit , from Ardennes region, Belgium, its locality + German -it -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124931"
},
"Arda":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an extinct language family of southeastern Colombia":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4r(\u02cc)d\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, of American Indian origin":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154006"
},
"Ardabil":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city in northwestern Iran in the eastern part of Iran's Azerbaijan region population 418,262":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4r-d\u0259-\u02c8b\u0113l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223207"
}
}