10077 lines
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10077 lines
198 KiB
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{
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"dreamlike":{
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"seeming to exist in a dream; like a dream":{
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"examples":[
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"Her photographs have a dreamlike quality."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"surreal",
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"absurd",
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"bizarre",
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"crazy",
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"fanciful",
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"fantastic",
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"foolish",
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"insane",
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"nonsensical",
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"preposterous",
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"unreal",
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"wild",
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"implausible",
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"inconceivable",
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"incredible",
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"unbelievable",
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"unimaginable",
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"unthinkable",
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"extravagant",
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"grotesque",
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"bizarro",
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"curious",
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"eccentric",
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"far-out",
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"funny",
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"kinky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"odd",
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"outlandish",
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"out-of-the-way",
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"outr\u00e9",
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"peculiar",
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"quaint",
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"queer",
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"queerish",
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"quirky",
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"screwy",
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"strange",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"way-out",
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"weird",
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"farcical",
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"laughable",
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"ludicrous",
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"ridiculous",
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"Alice-in-Wonderland",
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"Kafkaesque",
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"nightmarish"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"realistic",
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"reasonable"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"dreams":{
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"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
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"examples":[
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"his invention is only a dream right now, but someday it might be a reality"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chimeras",
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"conceits",
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"daydreams",
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"delusions",
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"fancies",
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"fantasies",
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"phantasies",
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"figments",
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"hallucinations",
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"illusions",
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"nonentities",
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"phantasms",
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"fantasms",
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"pipe dreams",
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"unrealities",
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"visions"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ignes fatui",
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"mirages",
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"will-o'-the-wisps",
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"brainchildren",
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"ideas",
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"concoctions",
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"fables",
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"fabrications",
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"fictions",
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"inventions",
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"visualizations",
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"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
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"cloudlands",
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"Shangri-las",
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"utopias",
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"daymares",
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"nightmares"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"actualities",
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"facts",
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"realities"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
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"examples":[
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"my dream is to open my own restaurant"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aims",
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"ambitions",
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"aspirations",
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"bournes",
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"bourns",
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"designs",
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"ends",
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"goals",
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"ideals",
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"ideas",
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"intentions",
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"intents",
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"marks",
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"meanings",
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"objectives",
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"objects",
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"plans",
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"points",
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"pretensions",
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"purposes",
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"targets",
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"things"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"grails",
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"holy grails",
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"plots",
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"projects",
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"schemes",
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"desires",
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"hopes",
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"minds",
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"wishes",
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"nirvanas",
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"destinations",
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"termini",
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"terminuses"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"means",
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"methods",
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"ways"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something very good of its kind":{
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"examples":[
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"the Alaskan cruise exceeded their wildest expectations\u2014it was a dream of a vacation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beauties",
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"beauts",
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"bee's knees",
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"corkers",
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"crackerjacks",
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"crackajacks",
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"daisies",
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"dandies",
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"dillies",
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"doozies",
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"doozers",
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"honeys",
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"hot stuff",
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"humdingers",
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"hummers",
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"jim-dandies",
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"knockouts",
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"lollapaloozas",
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"lulus",
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"nifties",
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"peaches",
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"pippins",
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"pips",
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"rippers",
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"ripsnorters",
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"snorters",
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"sockdolagers",
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"sockdologers",
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"standouts",
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"sweethearts"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"marvels",
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"phenomena",
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"phenomenons",
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"prodigies",
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"sensations",
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"wonders",
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"catches",
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"crown jewels",
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"diamonds",
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"gems",
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"imperials",
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"jewels",
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"pearls",
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"plums",
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"treasures"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"busts",
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"disappointments",
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"duds",
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"failures",
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"flops",
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"lemons",
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"letdowns",
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"losers",
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"stinkers",
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"turkeys"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to form a mental picture of":{
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"examples":[
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"I dreamed that I was living on that proverbial desert island in the South Pacific"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conceits",
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"conceives",
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"conjures (up)",
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"envisages",
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"envisions",
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"fancies",
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"fantasies",
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"fantasizes",
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"features",
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"ideates",
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"images",
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"imagines",
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"pictures",
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"sees",
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"visions",
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"visualizes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"daydreams",
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"stargazes",
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"hallucinates",
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"re-creates",
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"reflects",
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"relives",
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"reminisces",
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"contemplates",
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"meditates",
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"muses",
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"ponders",
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"ruminates",
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"concocts",
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"fabricates",
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"invents",
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"makes up",
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"manufactures",
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"plans",
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"projects",
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"foresees",
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"prefigures"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dredge":{
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"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
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"examples":[
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"I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"comb",
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"dig (through)",
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"hunt (through)",
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"rake",
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"ransack",
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"rifle",
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"rummage",
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"scour",
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"search",
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"sort (through)",
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"troll"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"frisk",
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"pat down",
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"shake down",
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"audit",
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"check (out)",
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"examine",
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"inspect",
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"investigate",
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"review",
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"scan",
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"scrutinize",
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"survey",
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"ascertain",
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"descry",
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"detect",
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"determine",
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"discover",
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"ferret (out)",
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"find",
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"find out",
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"get",
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"hit (on or upon)",
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"learn",
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"locate",
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"run down",
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"scare up",
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"track (down)",
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"grub (about)",
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"poke (around)",
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"explore",
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"probe",
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"prospect",
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"skirmish",
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"snoop",
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"browse",
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"glance (over)",
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"look over",
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"peruse",
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"study"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hide",
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"abandon",
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"lose",
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"ignore",
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"neglect"
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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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"dregs":{
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"matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid":{
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"examples":[
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"poured the dregs into the sink"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deposit",
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"deposition",
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"grounds",
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"precipitate",
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"sediment",
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"settlings"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lees",
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"ooze",
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"silt",
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"sludge",
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"dross",
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"slag",
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"waste"
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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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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"drek":{
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"discarded or useless material":{
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"examples":[
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"he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chaff",
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"deadwood",
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"debris",
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"dross",
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"dust",
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"effluvium",
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"effluvia",
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"garbage",
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"junk",
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"litter",
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"offal",
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"offscouring",
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"raffle",
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"refuse",
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"riffraff",
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"rubbish",
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"scrap",
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"spilth",
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"trash",
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"truck",
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"waste"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crud",
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"sewage",
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"slop",
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"swill",
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"wash",
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"detritus",
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"remains",
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"rubble",
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"ruins",
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"dump",
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"scrap heap",
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"lumber",
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"odds and ends",
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"trumpery",
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"flotsam",
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"jetsam",
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"wreckage",
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"castoff",
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"cull",
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"discard",
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"hand-me-down",
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"reject",
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"throwaway",
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"nothing",
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"straw",
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"two bits"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"catch",
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"gem",
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"goody",
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"goodie",
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"jewel",
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"pearl",
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"plum",
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"prize",
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"treasure",
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"treasure trove",
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"trove",
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"valuable",
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"booty",
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"find",
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"salvage"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"that which is of low quality or worth":{
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"examples":[
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"can you believe that the gallery owner dares to call that dreck \"art\"?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cheese",
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"crapola",
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"junk",
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"muck",
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"rubbish",
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"sleaze",
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"slop",
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"slush",
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"trash",
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"tripe"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"camp",
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"kitsch",
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"claptrap",
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"humbug",
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"nonsense",
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"bomb",
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"clinker",
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"clunker",
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"dud",
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"lemon",
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"stinker",
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"turkey",
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"mess",
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"muddle",
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"shambles"
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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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"drenching":{
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"to make wet":{
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"examples":[
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"we were drenched by the sudden rainstorm"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bathing",
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"bedraggling",
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"dousing",
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"dowsing",
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"drowning",
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"soaking",
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"soddening",
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"sopping",
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"sousing",
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"washing",
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"watering",
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"waterlogging",
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"water-soaking",
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"wetting",
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"wetting down"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aspersing",
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"bedewing",
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"dampening",
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"damping",
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"drizzling",
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"humidifying",
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"hydrating",
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"misting",
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"moistening",
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"moisturizing",
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"showering",
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"sprinkling",
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"deluging",
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"flooding",
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"hosing (down)",
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"inundating",
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"overflowing",
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"submerging",
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"swamping",
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"splashing",
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"impregnating",
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"saturating",
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"steeping",
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"flushing",
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"irrigating",
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"laving",
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"rinsing",
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"sloshing",
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"sluicing",
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"dipping",
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"ducking",
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"dunking",
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"rehydrating",
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"rewashing",
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"rewetting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dewatering",
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"evaporating",
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"freeze-drying",
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"drip-drying",
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"wringing",
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"dehumidifying"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dehydrating",
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"desiccating",
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"drying",
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"parching",
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"scorching",
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"searing"
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]
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},
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"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
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"examples":[
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"when using the carpet shampooer, wet but do not drench the carpet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drowning",
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"impregnating",
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"macerating",
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"saturating",
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"soaking",
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"soddening",
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"sopping",
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"sousing",
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"steeping"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"waterlogging",
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"water-soaking",
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"marinating",
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"seething",
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"presoaking",
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"dipping",
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"immersing",
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"inundating",
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"submerging",
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"swamping",
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"bathing",
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"dousing",
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"dowsing",
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"hydrating",
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"swilling",
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"washing",
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"watering",
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"infiltrating",
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"penetrating",
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"permeating",
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"dampening",
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"damping",
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"humidifying",
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"moistening"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dehydrating",
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"desiccating",
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"drying",
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"parching",
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"searing",
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"draining",
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"emptying",
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"voiding",
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"dehumidifying"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"wringing (out)"
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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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"dressed down":{
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"as in casual , everyday":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"casual",
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"everyday",
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"informal",
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"workaday",
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"shabby",
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"sloppy",
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"slovenly",
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"unkempt",
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"d\u00e9gag\u00e9",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"sporty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"noncasual",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"Sunday",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"semiformal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"bawled out",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"called down",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chewed out",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"railed (at or against)",
|
|
"ranted (at)",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"reamed (out)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"tongue-lashed",
|
|
"upbraided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"remonstrated (with)",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressing-downs":{
|
|
"as in tongue-lashings , scoldings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"lessons",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"scoldings",
|
|
"talking-tos",
|
|
"tongue-lashings",
|
|
"admonishments",
|
|
"admonitions",
|
|
"castigations",
|
|
"chastisements",
|
|
"damnations",
|
|
"punishments",
|
|
"remonstrances",
|
|
"belittlements",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"disparagements",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"comminations",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"excoriations",
|
|
"objurgations",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reproofs",
|
|
"riot acts",
|
|
"strictures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"acclamations",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drew on":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the general's imprudent remarks drew on a public rebuke by the secretary of defense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"brought on",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"caused",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"occasioned",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"resulted (in)",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"translated (into)",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduced (to)",
|
|
"contributed (to)",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"clamped down (on)",
|
|
"cracked down (on)",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"quenched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come near or nearer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"night draws on , so we should hurry home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"bellied up",
|
|
"came up",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"nighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up",
|
|
"waltzed (up)",
|
|
"crept up",
|
|
"sneaked up",
|
|
"snuck up",
|
|
"adjoined",
|
|
"bordered",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"verged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backed (up or away)",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreamy":{
|
|
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a beach resort that is a perfectly dreamy place to relax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"enviable",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"relishable",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"recreative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlich",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"felicific",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"nirvanic",
|
|
"rapturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwelcome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tending to calm the emotions and relieve stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of dreamy music I want after a hard day at work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"antianxiety",
|
|
"antidepressant",
|
|
"antidepression",
|
|
"antistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dresses down":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bawls out",
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"calls down",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chews out",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"rails (at or against)",
|
|
"rants (at)",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"reams (out)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"tongue-lashes",
|
|
"upbraids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"remonstrates (with)",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"crucifies",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"vituperates",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dresses":{
|
|
"a garment with a joined blouse and skirt usually worn by a woman or girl":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what a lovely dress you're wearing today!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frocks",
|
|
"gowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chemises",
|
|
"coatdresses",
|
|
"granny dresses",
|
|
"housedresses",
|
|
"jumpers",
|
|
"kimonos",
|
|
"kirtles",
|
|
"minidresses",
|
|
"Mother Hubbards",
|
|
"muumuus",
|
|
"overdresses",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"sheaths",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"shirtdresses",
|
|
"shirtwaists",
|
|
"sundresses",
|
|
"sweaterdresses",
|
|
"tea gowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bagpiper in full Scottish Highlander dress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"costumes",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"garbs",
|
|
"getups",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"togs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"attires",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"habiliments",
|
|
"raiments",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"vestments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"another version of the Cinderella story but in modern-romance dress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"garbs",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"miens",
|
|
"outsides",
|
|
"presences",
|
|
"regards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"behaviors",
|
|
"comportments",
|
|
"demeanors",
|
|
"deportments",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"carriages",
|
|
"postures",
|
|
"stances",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"colorings",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"complexions",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"habitus",
|
|
"persons",
|
|
"physiognomies",
|
|
"superficies",
|
|
"visages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a bandage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first wash and then dress the wound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandages",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"swathes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"medicates",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's dress up the room with some greenery for the holiday party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorns",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"beautifies",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"bedizens",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"decorates",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does up",
|
|
"dolls up",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"emblazes",
|
|
"embosses",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"fancies up",
|
|
"fancifies",
|
|
"festoons",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"glitzes (up)",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"gussies up",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"pretties (up)",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorizes",
|
|
"dresses up",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"tricks (out)",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"smartens",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fillets",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"swags",
|
|
"wreathes",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"diamonds",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"impearls",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"pearls",
|
|
"redecorates",
|
|
"redoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"streamlines",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"uglifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dress the granite block to be used as the headstone on all four sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"burnishes",
|
|
"furbishes",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"smoothens",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sleeks",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"coats",
|
|
"glazes",
|
|
"japans",
|
|
"lacquers",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"veneers",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"sandblasts",
|
|
"sandpapers",
|
|
"sands",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"laps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"roughens",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"scuffs (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed the young girl in satin and lace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"attires",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"costumes",
|
|
"decks (out)",
|
|
"does up",
|
|
"dresses up",
|
|
"enrobes",
|
|
"garbs",
|
|
"garments",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"gowns",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"rigs (out)",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"togs (up or out)",
|
|
"toilets",
|
|
"vestures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"frocks",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"vests",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"swaddles",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"wraps",
|
|
"accoutres",
|
|
"accouters",
|
|
"bedights",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"uniforms",
|
|
"dresses down",
|
|
"underdresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"undrapes",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disrobes",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"unclothes",
|
|
"undresses",
|
|
"untrusses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put on one's best or formal clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we don't usually dress for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dolls up",
|
|
"dresses up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preens",
|
|
"primps",
|
|
"prinks",
|
|
"smartens (up)",
|
|
"accessorizes",
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"attires",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"bedizens",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"costumes",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"dudes (up)",
|
|
"garbs",
|
|
"garments",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"rigs (out)",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dress the beans by applying fertilizer once a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"tends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"gleans",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"germinates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sprouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"pulls (up)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"mows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreadlock":{
|
|
"as in cornrow , pigtail":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cornrow",
|
|
"pigtail",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"rickrack",
|
|
"ricrac",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"plat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drenches":{
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were drenched by the sudden rainstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"bedraggles",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"soddens",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"wets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bedews",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"moistens",
|
|
"moisturizes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"hoses (down)",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"irrigates",
|
|
"laves",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"dunks",
|
|
"rehydrates",
|
|
"rewashes",
|
|
"rewets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewaters",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"freeze-dries",
|
|
"drip-dries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"sears"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when using the carpet shampooer, wet but do not drench the carpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"macerates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"soddens",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"steeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"marinates",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"presoaks",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"permeates",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"moistens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"sears",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wrings (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreamboat":{
|
|
"a physically attractive person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actor who's still regarded as one of the screen's all-time great dreamboats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"cutie",
|
|
"cutey",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"glamour-puss",
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"looker",
|
|
"showstopper",
|
|
"ten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"stunner",
|
|
"beefcake",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"superstud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dog"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressers":{
|
|
"as in cuddies , pie safes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"pie safes",
|
|
"bookcases",
|
|
"breakfronts",
|
|
"chests",
|
|
"china closets",
|
|
"credences",
|
|
"credenzas",
|
|
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
|
|
"etageres",
|
|
"secretaries",
|
|
"showcases",
|
|
"taborets",
|
|
"tabourets",
|
|
"vitrines",
|
|
"armoires",
|
|
"clothespresses",
|
|
"garderobes",
|
|
"wardrobes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"cabinets",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"cupboards",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"sideboards",
|
|
"cabinetries",
|
|
"shelvings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreadlocks":{
|
|
"as in cornrow , perm":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Afro",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"cornrow",
|
|
"perm",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"comb-over",
|
|
"ducktail",
|
|
"roach",
|
|
"beehive",
|
|
"big hair",
|
|
"bun",
|
|
"chignon",
|
|
"French twist",
|
|
"pageboy",
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"updo",
|
|
"upsweep",
|
|
"coiffure",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"haircut",
|
|
"hairdo",
|
|
"hairstyle",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"buzz cut",
|
|
"crew cut",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
|
"shag",
|
|
"shingle",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"pompadour",
|
|
"quiff",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"pigtail",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"ponytail",
|
|
"queue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreaminess":{
|
|
"as in surreality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surreality",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"fictitiousness",
|
|
"irreality",
|
|
"unreality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"factuality",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"authenticity",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"verity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressing up":{
|
|
"to put on one's best or formal clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we always like to dress up when going to parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"dressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preening",
|
|
"primping",
|
|
"prinking",
|
|
"smartening (up)",
|
|
"accessorizing",
|
|
"appareling",
|
|
"apparelling",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"attiring",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"bedizening",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"costuming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"duding (up)",
|
|
"garbing",
|
|
"garmenting",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"rigging (out)",
|
|
"robing",
|
|
"suiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"cosmeticizing",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"unclothing",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"undraping",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unmasking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed up the house with new windows and a paint job before putting it on the market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candying",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"sweetening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"souping up",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"cosmeticizing",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"sprucing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the girls were dressed up in skirts or dresses, but the boys were wearing jeans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appareling",
|
|
"apparelling",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"attiring",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"costuming",
|
|
"decking (out)",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"enrobing",
|
|
"garbing",
|
|
"garmenting",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"gowning",
|
|
"habiting",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"rigging (out)",
|
|
"robing",
|
|
"suiting",
|
|
"togging (up or out)",
|
|
"toileting",
|
|
"vesturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"frocking",
|
|
"jacketing",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"vesting",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"happing",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"swaddling",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"wrapping",
|
|
"accoutring",
|
|
"accoutering",
|
|
"bedighting",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"outfitting",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"uniforming",
|
|
"dressing down",
|
|
"underdressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"undraping",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disrobing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"unclothing",
|
|
"undressing",
|
|
"untrussing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreaded":{
|
|
"as in feared , apprehended":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"feared",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"previewed",
|
|
"alerted",
|
|
"cautioned",
|
|
"foretokened",
|
|
"forewarned",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"foreshadowed",
|
|
"prefigured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"augured",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"forecasted",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"predicted",
|
|
"presaged",
|
|
"prognosticated",
|
|
"prophesied",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"forefelt",
|
|
"foreknew",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"previsioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreamlands":{
|
|
"as in wonderlands , fairylands":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreamworlds",
|
|
"fairylands",
|
|
"wonderlands",
|
|
"Camelots",
|
|
"Cockaignes",
|
|
"Edens",
|
|
"Elysiums",
|
|
"Elysia",
|
|
"empyreans",
|
|
"fantasylands",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"lotuslands",
|
|
"never-never lands",
|
|
"New Jerusalems",
|
|
"nirvanas",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"promised lands",
|
|
"Shangri-las",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"Zions",
|
|
"Sions",
|
|
"arcadias",
|
|
"blisses",
|
|
"euphorias",
|
|
"joys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fool's paradises",
|
|
"anti-utopias",
|
|
"dystopias",
|
|
"hells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreamt":{
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dreamed that I was living on that proverbial desert island in the South Pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"conjured (up)",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantasized",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"ideated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"visioned",
|
|
"visualized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreamed",
|
|
"stargazed",
|
|
"hallucinated",
|
|
"re-created",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"relived",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mused",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"prefigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drew out":{
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor refused to draw out the interview any further"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged (out)",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"outstretched",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"thinned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"thickened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"shortened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drenched":{
|
|
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drenched tourists straggled into the visitors' center"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were drenched by the sudden rainstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soddened",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"wet down",
|
|
"wetted down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bedewed",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"misted",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"moisturized",
|
|
"showered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"hosed (down)",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"rehydrated",
|
|
"rewashed",
|
|
"rewet",
|
|
"rewetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatered",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"drip-dried",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when using the carpet shampooer, wet but do not drench the carpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"macerated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soddened",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"steeped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"marinated",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"presoaked",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"swilled",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"permeated",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"moistened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"seared",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wrung (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreg(s)":{
|
|
"matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"poured the dregs into the sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"sediment",
|
|
"settlings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lees",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"slag",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressing":{
|
|
"a medicated covering used to heal an injury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nurses put a dressing over his cuts so they wouldn't get infected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cataplasm",
|
|
"plaster",
|
|
"poultice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balm",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"embrocation",
|
|
"liniment",
|
|
"lotion",
|
|
"ointment",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"unguent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a savory fluid food used as a topping or accompaniment to a main dish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tangy salad dressing that wasn't overloaded with corn syrup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gravy",
|
|
"sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condiment",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"fixing(s)",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"marinade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a bandage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first wash and then dress the wound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandaging",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"swathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"medicating",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"remedying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's dress up the room with some greenery for the holiday party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorning",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"beautifying",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"bedizening",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"decorating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"emblazing",
|
|
"embossing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fancifying",
|
|
"fancying up",
|
|
"festooning",
|
|
"garnishing",
|
|
"glitzing (up)",
|
|
"gracing",
|
|
"gussying up",
|
|
"ornamenting",
|
|
"prettying (up)",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorizing",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"tricking (out)",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"smartening",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"feathering",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"filigreeing",
|
|
"filleting",
|
|
"flouncing",
|
|
"frilling",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"furbelowing",
|
|
"garlanding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"ribboning",
|
|
"swagging",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"diamonding",
|
|
"gemming",
|
|
"impearling",
|
|
"jeweling",
|
|
"jewelling",
|
|
"pearling",
|
|
"redecorating",
|
|
"redoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"uglifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"scarring",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dress the granite block to be used as the headstone on all four sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffing",
|
|
"burnishing",
|
|
"furbishing",
|
|
"glossing",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"rubbing",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"smoothening",
|
|
"smoothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sleeking",
|
|
"slicking",
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"glazing",
|
|
"japanning",
|
|
"lacquering",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"veneering",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"sandblasting",
|
|
"sanding",
|
|
"sandpapering",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"boning",
|
|
"lapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"roughening",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"scuffing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed the young girl in satin and lace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appareling",
|
|
"apparelling",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"attiring",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"costuming",
|
|
"decking (out)",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"enrobing",
|
|
"garbing",
|
|
"garmenting",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"gowning",
|
|
"habiting",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"rigging (out)",
|
|
"robing",
|
|
"suiting",
|
|
"togging (up or out)",
|
|
"toileting",
|
|
"vesturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"frocking",
|
|
"jacketing",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"vesting",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"happing",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"swaddling",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"wrapping",
|
|
"accoutring",
|
|
"accoutering",
|
|
"bedighting",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"outfitting",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"uniforming",
|
|
"dressing down",
|
|
"underdressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"undraping",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disrobing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"unclothing",
|
|
"undressing",
|
|
"untrussing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put on one's best or formal clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we don't usually dress for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"dressing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preening",
|
|
"primping",
|
|
"prinking",
|
|
"smartening (up)",
|
|
"accessorizing",
|
|
"appareling",
|
|
"apparelling",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"attiring",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"bedizening",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"costuming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"duding (up)",
|
|
"garbing",
|
|
"garmenting",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"rigging (out)",
|
|
"robing",
|
|
"suiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dress the beans by applying fertilizer once a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"culturing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"tending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"gleaning",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
"germinating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"sprouting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"pulling (up)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"haying",
|
|
"mowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drew upon":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the general's imprudent remarks drew on a public rebuke by the secretary of defense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"bring on",
|
|
"catalyze",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"result (in)",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"translate (into)",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduce (to)",
|
|
"contribute (to)",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
|
"crack down (on)",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"quench"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come near or nearer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"night draws on , so we should hurry home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"belly up",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"come up",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up",
|
|
"waltz (up)",
|
|
"creep up",
|
|
"sneak up",
|
|
"adjoin",
|
|
"border",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"back (up or away)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drench":{
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were drenched by the sudden rainstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"bedraggle",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wet down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bedew",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"moisturize",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"hose (down)",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"lave",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"rehydrate",
|
|
"rewash",
|
|
"rewet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewater",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"freeze-dry",
|
|
"drip-dry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when using the carpet shampooer, wet but do not drench the carpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"macerate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"steep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"marinate",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"presoak",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"permeate",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"moisten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wring (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drew down":{
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I drew down my bank account just paying for tuition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"used up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"cleaned (out)",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"replaced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dream":{
|
|
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his invention is only a dream right now, but someday it might be a reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"pipe dream",
|
|
"unreality",
|
|
"vision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignis fatuus",
|
|
"mirage",
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisp",
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"visualization",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-land",
|
|
"cloudland",
|
|
"Shangri-la",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"daymare",
|
|
"nightmare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my dream is to open my own restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"aspiration",
|
|
"bourne",
|
|
"bourn",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"goal",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"target",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grail",
|
|
"holy grail",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"destination",
|
|
"terminus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"means",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Alaskan cruise exceeded their wildest expectations\u2014it was a dream of a vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaut",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"bee's knees",
|
|
"cat's meow",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"daisy",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"dilly",
|
|
"doozy",
|
|
"doozie",
|
|
"doozer",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"hot stuff",
|
|
"humdinger",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"lollapalooza",
|
|
"lulu",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"pippin",
|
|
"ripper",
|
|
"ripsnorter",
|
|
"snorter",
|
|
"sockdolager",
|
|
"sockdologer",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"sweetheart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"crown jewel",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dreamed that I was living on that proverbial desert island in the South Pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"conjure (up)",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasize",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"ideate",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visualize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"stargaze",
|
|
"hallucinate",
|
|
"re-create",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"relive",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"muse",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"prefigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreadfulness":{
|
|
"the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dreadfulness of an oncoming avalanche can scarcely be described"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"awfulness",
|
|
"frightfulness",
|
|
"ghastliness",
|
|
"grisliness",
|
|
"gruesomeness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"horridness",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"repulsiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"ungodliness",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"accursedness",
|
|
"cursedness",
|
|
"deplorableness",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"detestableness",
|
|
"execrableness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"creepiness",
|
|
"eeriness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"fearsomeness",
|
|
"ghostliness",
|
|
"ghoulishness",
|
|
"scariness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"hellishness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"pleasurableness",
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dresses up":{
|
|
"to put on one's best or formal clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we always like to dress up when going to parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dolls up",
|
|
"dresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preens",
|
|
"primps",
|
|
"prinks",
|
|
"smartens (up)",
|
|
"accessorizes",
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"attires",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"bedizens",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"costumes",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"dudes (up)",
|
|
"garbs",
|
|
"garments",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"rigs (out)",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"cosmeticizes",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"flaunts",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"unclothes",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"undrapes",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unmasks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed up the house with new windows and a paint job before putting it on the market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candies",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"sweetens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"soups up",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"cosmeticizes",
|
|
"dolls up",
|
|
"spruces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the girls were dressed up in skirts or dresses, but the boys were wearing jeans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"attires",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"costumes",
|
|
"decks (out)",
|
|
"does up",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"enrobes",
|
|
"garbs",
|
|
"garments",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"gowns",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"rigs (out)",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"togs (up or out)",
|
|
"toilets",
|
|
"vestures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"frocks",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"vests",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"swaddles",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"wraps",
|
|
"accoutres",
|
|
"accouters",
|
|
"bedights",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"uniforms",
|
|
"dresses down",
|
|
"underdresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"undrapes",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disrobes",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"unclothes",
|
|
"undresses",
|
|
"untrusses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreamboats":{
|
|
"a physically attractive person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actor who's still regarded as one of the screen's all-time great dreamboats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"cuties",
|
|
"cuteys",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"glamour-pusses",
|
|
"hotties",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"lookers",
|
|
"showstoppers",
|
|
"tens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
"goddesses",
|
|
"lovelies",
|
|
"stunners",
|
|
"beefcakes",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"superstuds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dogs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreadfully":{
|
|
"as in terribly , horribly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysmally",
|
|
"atrociously",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"damnably",
|
|
"deplorably",
|
|
"detestably",
|
|
"disastrously",
|
|
"execrably",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horrifically",
|
|
"rottenly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"lousily",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"reprehensibly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"vulgarly",
|
|
"naughtily",
|
|
"egregiously",
|
|
"flagrantly",
|
|
"grossly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"shoddily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"trashily",
|
|
"unspeakably",
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"odiously",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"inferiorly",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scantly",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"skimpily",
|
|
"sparely",
|
|
"stingily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"faithfully",
|
|
"ideally",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"satisfyingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dredges (up)":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I might be able to dredge up some old baby clothes to donate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"digs out",
|
|
"digs up",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunts (down or up)",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"routs (out)",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"scares up",
|
|
"scouts (up)",
|
|
"tracks (down)",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"looks for",
|
|
"searches (for or out)",
|
|
"seeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"mislays",
|
|
"misplaces",
|
|
"missets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drear":{
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was a drear morning in January when I went to take my driving test"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a barren and drear existence in a remote village"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"teary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"thrilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in morbidness , moroseness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismalness",
|
|
"morbidness",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"morosity",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dress rehearsal":{
|
|
"as in preview":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preview",
|
|
"dry run",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"rehearsal",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"run-through",
|
|
"walk-through",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"exercise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreamworlds":{
|
|
"as in wonderlands , dreamlands":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreamlands",
|
|
"fairylands",
|
|
"wonderlands",
|
|
"Camelots",
|
|
"Cockaignes",
|
|
"Edens",
|
|
"Elysiums",
|
|
"Elysia",
|
|
"empyreans",
|
|
"fantasylands",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"lotuslands",
|
|
"never-never lands",
|
|
"New Jerusalems",
|
|
"nirvanas",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"promised lands",
|
|
"Shangri-las",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"Zions",
|
|
"Sions",
|
|
"arcadias",
|
|
"blisses",
|
|
"euphorias",
|
|
"joys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fool's paradises",
|
|
"anti-utopias",
|
|
"dystopias",
|
|
"hells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dresser":{
|
|
"as in cuddy , pie safe":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"pie safe",
|
|
"bookcase",
|
|
"breakfront",
|
|
"chest",
|
|
"china closet",
|
|
"credence",
|
|
"credenza",
|
|
"\u00e9tag\u00e8re",
|
|
"etagere",
|
|
"secretary",
|
|
"showcase",
|
|
"taboret",
|
|
"tabouret",
|
|
"vitrine",
|
|
"armoire",
|
|
"clothespress",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"wardrobe",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"cabinet",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"cupboard",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"locker",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"sideboard",
|
|
"cabinetry",
|
|
"shelving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drew off":{
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew off the fat from the top of the drippings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"siphoned",
|
|
"syphoned",
|
|
"tapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"sucked",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"vacuated",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"decanted",
|
|
"effused",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"purged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"filled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreary":{
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vowed that he would never take a desk job working in a dreary office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to see a professional counselor in order to save their dreary marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"teary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"thrilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"another dreary social event to suffer through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreamily":{
|
|
"in a pleasing way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our date at the restaurant went dreamily until the check arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"winningly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"attractively",
|
|
"beautifully",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"appealingly",
|
|
"appetizingly",
|
|
"enticingly",
|
|
"invitingly",
|
|
"temptingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drew a conclusion":{
|
|
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You can draw a conclusion about what happened by looking at the clues."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"derived",
|
|
"extrapolated",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"surmised",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"philosophized",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"found out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dredging":{
|
|
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"digging (through)",
|
|
"hunting (through)",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"searching",
|
|
"sorting (through)",
|
|
"trolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"patting down",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"auditing",
|
|
"checking (out)",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"grubbing (about)",
|
|
"poking (around)",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"prospecting",
|
|
"skirmishing",
|
|
"snooping",
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"glancing (over)",
|
|
"looking over",
|
|
"perusing",
|
|
"studying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreamland":{
|
|
"as in wonderland , fairyland":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreamworld",
|
|
"fairyland",
|
|
"wonderland",
|
|
"Camelot",
|
|
"Cockaigne",
|
|
"Eden",
|
|
"Elysium",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"fantasyland",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"lotusland",
|
|
"never-never land",
|
|
"New Jerusalem",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"promised land",
|
|
"Shangri-la",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"Zion",
|
|
"Sion",
|
|
"arcadia",
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"joy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fool's paradise",
|
|
"anti-utopia",
|
|
"dystopia",
|
|
"hell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressing glasses":{
|
|
"as in pier glasses , cheval glasses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheval glasses",
|
|
"hand glasses",
|
|
"pier glasses",
|
|
"pier mirrors",
|
|
"glasses",
|
|
"looking glasses",
|
|
"mirrors",
|
|
"reflectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreadnoughts":{
|
|
"something or someone that is unusually large and powerful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"poor gas mileage did little to stem the popularity of that dreadnought of the roadways: the SUV"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behemoths",
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"colossi",
|
|
"dinosaurs",
|
|
"elephants",
|
|
"elephant",
|
|
"giants",
|
|
"Goliaths",
|
|
"jumbos",
|
|
"leviathans",
|
|
"mammoths",
|
|
"mastodons",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"titans",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whoppers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amazons",
|
|
"giantesses",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"juggernauts",
|
|
"steamrollers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"wisps",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutives",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"midgets",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"peewees",
|
|
"pygmies",
|
|
"pigmies",
|
|
"runts",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dress down":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bawl out",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"call down",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chew out",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"rail (at or against)",
|
|
"rant (at)",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"ream (out)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"tongue-lash",
|
|
"upbraid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"remonstrate (with)",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"crucify",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreich":{
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"historically regarded as a dreich corner of Britain, Scotland's very name comes from the Greek word for \"dark\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressy":{
|
|
"relating to or suitable for wearing to an event requiring elegant dress and manners":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shopping for a dressy handbag for a New Year's Eve party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"formal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"costumey",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"black-tie",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"white-tie",
|
|
"semiformal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"street",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"wrinkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"sportif",
|
|
"sporty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressing glass":{
|
|
"as in pier glass , cheval glass":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheval glass",
|
|
"hand glass",
|
|
"pier glass",
|
|
"pier mirror",
|
|
"glass",
|
|
"looking glass",
|
|
"mirror",
|
|
"reflector"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreadful":{
|
|
"causing fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dreadful hurricane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"spine-chilling",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"eerie",
|
|
"eery",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"grisly",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmarish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"nonintimidating",
|
|
"nonthreatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dreadful performance of a beautiful piece of music"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"ugly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"brackish",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dislikable",
|
|
"dislikeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"grisly",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"horrific",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"off-putting",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"unchristian",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"ungodly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"likable",
|
|
"likeable",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"unexceptionable",
|
|
"unobjectionable",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extremely disturbing or repellent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dreadful news of a crime wave in the neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"grisly",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"horrific",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmare",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"bloodcurdling",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"gut-wrenching",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"heart-stopping",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dreadful heat of the desert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"violent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made a dreadful mess of his first marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreaming":{
|
|
"as in dreamy , daydreaming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"pensive",
|
|
"rapt",
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unheeding",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unperceptive",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"forgetful",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"unfocused",
|
|
"unfocussed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"heads-up",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"clearheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in reposing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"semiconscious",
|
|
"sleepwalking",
|
|
"somnambulant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"wakeful",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wakened",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in rapid eye movement":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rapid eye movement",
|
|
"oversleeping",
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"siesta",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"shut-eye",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing",
|
|
"z's",
|
|
"zs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"wake",
|
|
"wakefulness",
|
|
"insomnia",
|
|
"sleeplessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dreamed that I was living on that proverbial desert island in the South Pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceiting",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"conjuring (up)",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"envisioning",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"fantasizing",
|
|
"fantasying",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"ideating",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"visioning",
|
|
"visualizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"stargazing",
|
|
"hallucinating",
|
|
"re-creating",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"reliving",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"musing",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"prefiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreads":{
|
|
"something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speaking in public is a perennial dread for many people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
|
"black beasts",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"bugaboos",
|
|
"bugbears",
|
|
"hobgoblins",
|
|
"ogres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"poltergeists",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"specters",
|
|
"spectres",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"wraiths",
|
|
"banshees",
|
|
"bogeymen",
|
|
"bogymen",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"horribles",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"monstrosities",
|
|
"terrors",
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fears , apprehends":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"fears",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"previews",
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"foretokens",
|
|
"forewarns",
|
|
"envisages",
|
|
"envisions",
|
|
"foreshadows",
|
|
"prefigures",
|
|
"visualizes",
|
|
"augurs",
|
|
"forecasts",
|
|
"foretells",
|
|
"predicts",
|
|
"presages",
|
|
"prognosticates",
|
|
"prophesies",
|
|
"anticipates",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"forefeels",
|
|
"foreknows",
|
|
"foresees",
|
|
"previsions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreamworld":{
|
|
"as in wonderland , dreamland":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreamland",
|
|
"fairyland",
|
|
"wonderland",
|
|
"Camelot",
|
|
"Cockaigne",
|
|
"Eden",
|
|
"Elysium",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"fantasyland",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"lotusland",
|
|
"never-never land",
|
|
"New Jerusalem",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"promised land",
|
|
"Shangri-la",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"Zion",
|
|
"Sion",
|
|
"arcadia",
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"joy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fool's paradise",
|
|
"anti-utopia",
|
|
"dystopia",
|
|
"hell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreamer":{
|
|
"one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dreamer who believes that war doesn't have to be part of the human condition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Don Quixote",
|
|
"fantast",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"idealizer",
|
|
"ideologue",
|
|
"idealogue",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"romanticist",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emotionalist",
|
|
"sentimentalist",
|
|
"daydreamer",
|
|
"fantasizer",
|
|
"woolgatherer",
|
|
"Micawber",
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"do-gooder",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"perfectionist",
|
|
"doctrinaire",
|
|
"theorist",
|
|
"thinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynic",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"empiricist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardnose",
|
|
"pragmatist",
|
|
"realist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dredging (up)":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I might be able to dredge up some old baby clothes to donate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"digging out",
|
|
"digging up",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunting (down or up)",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"routing (out)",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"scouting (up)",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"looking for",
|
|
"searching (for or out)",
|
|
"seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"mislaying",
|
|
"misplacing",
|
|
"missetting",
|
|
"mis-setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drew up":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he drew up his horse outside the tavern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"fetched up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"pulled up",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
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"stilled",
|
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"stopped"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
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"blocked",
|
|
"bottlenecked",
|
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"clogged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"choked off",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"wended",
|
|
"went along",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew up the troops into a line along the ridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied (up)",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"cued",
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"queued",
|
|
"alphabetized",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"hierarchized",
|
|
"prioritized",
|
|
"sequenced",
|
|
"emplaced",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"mapped (out)",
|
|
"set out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mussed (up)",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw up a proposal and submit it to the committee for approval"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"prepared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"sculptured",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"worded",
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"indited",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"wrote",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"pieced (together)",
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"reformulated",
|
|
"reframed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dress":{
|
|
"a garment with a joined blouse and skirt usually worn by a woman or girl":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what a lovely dress you're wearing today!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"gown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chemise",
|
|
"coatdress",
|
|
"granny dress",
|
|
"housedress",
|
|
"jumper",
|
|
"kimono",
|
|
"kirtle",
|
|
"minidress",
|
|
"Mother Hubbard",
|
|
"muumuu",
|
|
"overdress",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"sheath",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shirtdress",
|
|
"shirtwaist",
|
|
"sundress",
|
|
"sweaterdress",
|
|
"tea gown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bagpiper in full Scottish Highlander dress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"getup",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"togs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"vestments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"covering for the human body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a businessman who is very conservative in his dress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"costumery",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"garments",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"toggery",
|
|
"togs",
|
|
"vestiary",
|
|
"vestments",
|
|
"vesture",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wearables",
|
|
"weeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"wardrobe",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glad rags",
|
|
"pretties",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"gaudery",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"ensemble",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"getup",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"livery",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"civvies",
|
|
"civies",
|
|
"mufti",
|
|
"couture",
|
|
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
|
|
"pret-a-porter",
|
|
"ready-to-wear",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"activewear",
|
|
"loungewear",
|
|
"outerwear",
|
|
"playwear",
|
|
"sportswear",
|
|
"nightclothes",
|
|
"sleepwear",
|
|
"smallclothes",
|
|
"underclothes",
|
|
"underwear",
|
|
"haberdashery",
|
|
"menswear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"another version of the Cinderella story but in modern-romance dress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"mien",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"regard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"behavior",
|
|
"comportment",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"stance",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"complexion",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"habitus",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"physiognomy",
|
|
"superficies",
|
|
"visage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"relating to or suitable for wearing to an event requiring elegant dress and manners":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the naval commander wore his dress uniform to the ball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"formal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"costumey",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"black-tie",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"white-tie",
|
|
"semiformal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"street",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"wrinkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"sportif",
|
|
"sporty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a bandage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first wash and then dress the wound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"swathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"medicate",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's dress up the room with some greenery for the holiday party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorn",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"beautify",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"bedizen",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"emboss",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fancify",
|
|
"fancy up",
|
|
"festoon",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"glitz (up)",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gussy up",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"pretty (up)",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorize",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"trick (out)",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"smarten",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"fillet",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"impearl",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"redecorate",
|
|
"redo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"uglify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dress the granite block to be used as the headstone on all four sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"furbish",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"smoothen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"coat",
|
|
"glaze",
|
|
"japan",
|
|
"lacquer",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"veneer",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"sand",
|
|
"sandblast",
|
|
"sandpaper",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"lap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"roughen",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"scuff (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed the young girl in satin and lace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"deck (out)",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"enrobe",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"garment",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"gown",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"rig (out)",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tog (up or out)",
|
|
"toilet",
|
|
"vesture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"jacket",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"swaddle",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"wrap",
|
|
"accoutre",
|
|
"accouter",
|
|
"bedight",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"dress down",
|
|
"underdress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disrobe",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undress",
|
|
"untruss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put on one's best or formal clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we don't usually dress for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"dress up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preen",
|
|
"primp",
|
|
"prink",
|
|
"smarten (up)",
|
|
"accessorize",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"bedizen",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dude (up)",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"garment",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"rig (out)",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dress the beans by applying fertilizer once a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"tend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"glean",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"germinate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sprout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pull (up)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressing-down":{
|
|
"as in tongue-lashing , scolding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"lesson",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"talking-to",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"admonishment",
|
|
"admonition",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"remonstrance",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"commination",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"excoriation",
|
|
"objurgation",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reproof",
|
|
"riot act",
|
|
"stricture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"acclamation",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"plaudit(s)",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"bawling out",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"calling down",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chewing out",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"railing (at or against)",
|
|
"ranting (at)",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"reaming (out)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"upbraiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"remonstrating (with)",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crucifying",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dress rehearsals":{
|
|
"as in previews":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"previews",
|
|
"dry runs",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"rehearsals",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"run-throughs",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"exercises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressed up":{
|
|
"as in decked (out) , dolled up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"spiffy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"raggedy",
|
|
"ragtag",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in best , noncasual":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"noncasual",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"Sunday",
|
|
"semiformal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"d\u00e9gag\u00e9",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"sporty",
|
|
"dressed down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put on one's best or formal clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we always like to dress up when going to parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"dressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preened",
|
|
"primped",
|
|
"prinked",
|
|
"smartened (up)",
|
|
"accessorized",
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"costumed",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"duded (up)",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"garmented",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"rigged (out)",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"dissimulated",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"cosmeticized",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"flaunted",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"undraped",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unmasked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed up the house with new windows and a paint job before putting it on the market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candied",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"sweetened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"souped up",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"cosmeticized",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"spruced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the girls were dressed up in skirts or dresses, but the boys were wearing jeans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"costumed",
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"enrobed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"garmented",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"gowned",
|
|
"habited",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"rigged (out)",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"togged (up or out)",
|
|
"toileted",
|
|
"vestured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"frocked",
|
|
"jacketed",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"happed",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"wrapped",
|
|
"accoutred",
|
|
"accoutered",
|
|
"bedighted",
|
|
"bedight",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"outfitted",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"uniformed",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"underdressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"undraped",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"untrussed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreading":{
|
|
"as in fearing , apprehending":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"fearing",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"previewing",
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"cautioning",
|
|
"foretokening",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"envisioning",
|
|
"foreshadowing",
|
|
"prefiguring",
|
|
"visualizing",
|
|
"auguring",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"anticipating",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"forefeeling",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"previsioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreck":{
|
|
"discarded or useless material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"debris",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"effluvium",
|
|
"effluvia",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"offal",
|
|
"offscouring",
|
|
"raffle",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spilth",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"truck",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"scrap heap",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"flotsam",
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"wreckage",
|
|
"castoff",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"two bits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"trove",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"salvage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"that which is of low quality or worth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can you believe that the gallery owner dares to call that dreck \"art\"?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheese",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dredged":{
|
|
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"dug (through)",
|
|
"hunted (through)",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"rummaged",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"searched",
|
|
"sorted (through)",
|
|
"trolled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"patted down",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"audited",
|
|
"checked (out)",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"investigated",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"scrutinized",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"ferreted (out)",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"located",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
"grubbed (about)",
|
|
"poked (around)",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"probed",
|
|
"prospected",
|
|
"skirmished",
|
|
"snooped",
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"glanced (over)",
|
|
"looked over",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"studied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreamed":{
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dreamed that I was living on that proverbial desert island in the South Pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"conjured (up)",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantasized",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"ideated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"visioned",
|
|
"visualized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreamed",
|
|
"stargazed",
|
|
"hallucinated",
|
|
"re-created",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"relived",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mused",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"prefigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreamers":{
|
|
"one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dreamer who believes that war doesn't have to be part of the human condition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Don Quixotes",
|
|
"fantasts",
|
|
"idealists",
|
|
"idealizers",
|
|
"ideologues",
|
|
"idealogues",
|
|
"romanticists",
|
|
"romantics",
|
|
"utopians",
|
|
"visionaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emotionalists",
|
|
"sentimentalists",
|
|
"daydreamers",
|
|
"fantasizers",
|
|
"woolgatherers",
|
|
"Micawbers",
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
"do-gooders",
|
|
"reformers",
|
|
"perfectionists",
|
|
"doctrinaires",
|
|
"theorists",
|
|
"thinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynics",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"empiricists",
|
|
"empirics"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardnoses",
|
|
"pragmatists",
|
|
"realists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressings":{
|
|
"a medicated covering used to heal an injury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nurses put a dressing over his cuts so they wouldn't get infected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cataplasms",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"poultices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balms",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"unguents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a savory fluid food used as a topping or accompaniment to a main dish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tangy salad dressing that wasn't overloaded with corn syrup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gravies",
|
|
"sauces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condiments",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"seasonings",
|
|
"fixings",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"toppings",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"marinades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dredges":{
|
|
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"digs (through)",
|
|
"hunts (through)",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"ransacks",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"searches",
|
|
"sorts (through)",
|
|
"trolls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"pats down",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"audits",
|
|
"checks (out)",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"scares up",
|
|
"tracks (down)",
|
|
"grubs (about)",
|
|
"pokes (around)",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"glances (over)",
|
|
"looks over",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dredged (up)":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I might be able to dredge up some old baby clothes to donate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"dug up",
|
|
"ferreted (out)",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunted (down or up)",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"located",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"routed (out)",
|
|
"rummaged",
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
"scouted (up)",
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"looked for",
|
|
"searched (for or out)",
|
|
"sought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
"misplaced",
|
|
"misset",
|
|
"mis-set"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dredge (up)":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I might be able to dredge up some old baby clothes to donate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunt (down or up)",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rout (out)",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"scout (up)",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"look for",
|
|
"search (for or out)",
|
|
"seek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"mislay",
|
|
"misplace",
|
|
"misset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressing down":{
|
|
"as in tongue-lashing , scolding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"lesson",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"talking-to",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"admonishment",
|
|
"admonition",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"remonstrance",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"commination",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"excoriation",
|
|
"objurgation",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reproof",
|
|
"riot act",
|
|
"stricture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"acclamation",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"plaudit(s)",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed down for boorish behavior at the dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"bawling out",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"calling down",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chewing out",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"railing (at or against)",
|
|
"ranting (at)",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"reaming (out)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"upbraiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"remonstrating (with)",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crucifying",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drew":{
|
|
"to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"see if you can draw the bowl of fruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pictured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"cartooned",
|
|
"crayoned",
|
|
"inked",
|
|
"penciled",
|
|
"pencilled",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"profiled",
|
|
"scrawled",
|
|
"scribbled",
|
|
"sketched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw a chair up to the fire and sit with us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"haled",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"lugged",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"towed",
|
|
"tugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"yanked",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"ferried",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"transported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer who draws characters with lifelike clarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"limned",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"sketched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterized",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"narrated",
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"recounted",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"silhouetted",
|
|
"traced",
|
|
"vignetted",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"redescribed",
|
|
"reimaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"misdescribed",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"misstated",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draws a hefty weekly salary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"brought in",
|
|
"came by",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"grossed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"notched (up)",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"racked up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"annexed",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"reacquired",
|
|
"reattained",
|
|
"recaptured",
|
|
"regained",
|
|
"remade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away from a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw her aside so we can ask a quick question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demounted",
|
|
"dislodged",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"drew off",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"dislocated",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"moored",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"sited",
|
|
"situated",
|
|
"stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"positioned",
|
|
"put"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the internal organs out of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hated the thought of having to pluck and draw a goose before cooking it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"disemboweled",
|
|
"eviscerated",
|
|
"gutted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boned",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"yanked",
|
|
"transplanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shape with a hammer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew the metal into a thin sheet by pounding it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"pounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"planished",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"kneaded",
|
|
"modeled",
|
|
"modelled",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"patted",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"coined",
|
|
"minted",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"carved",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"graved",
|
|
"hewed",
|
|
"knapped",
|
|
"sculpted",
|
|
"sculptured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drew in":{
|
|
"as in persuaded , roped (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inveigled",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"decoyed",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"led on",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"tempted",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"magnetized",
|
|
"wiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerted",
|
|
"cautioned",
|
|
"forewarned",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"warned",
|
|
"drove (away or off)",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"turned away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drew (off)":{
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew off the fat from the top of the drippings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"siphoned",
|
|
"syphoned",
|
|
"tapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"sucked",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"vacuated",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"decanted",
|
|
"effused",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"purged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"filled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dress up":{
|
|
"to put on one's best or formal clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we always like to dress up when going to parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"dress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preen",
|
|
"primp",
|
|
"prink",
|
|
"smarten (up)",
|
|
"accessorize",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"bedizen",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dude (up)",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"garment",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"rig (out)",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"cosmeticize",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unmask"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed up the house with new windows and a paint job before putting it on the market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candy",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"sweeten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"soup up",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"cosmeticize",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the girls were dressed up in skirts or dresses, but the boys were wearing jeans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"deck (out)",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"enrobe",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"garment",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"gown",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"rig (out)",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tog (up or out)",
|
|
"toilet",
|
|
"vesture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"jacket",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"swaddle",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"wrap",
|
|
"accoutre",
|
|
"accouter",
|
|
"bedight",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"dress down",
|
|
"underdress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disrobe",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undress",
|
|
"untruss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dressed":{
|
|
"as in decorated , adorned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"frilly",
|
|
"lacy",
|
|
"bedaubed",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"bejeweled",
|
|
"bejewelled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sequined",
|
|
"sequinned",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"arabesque",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"rococo",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"gingerbread",
|
|
"gingerbreaded",
|
|
"gingerbready",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"overdecorated",
|
|
"overwrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a bandage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first wash and then dress the wound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandaged",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"swathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"medicated",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"remedied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's dress up the room with some greenery for the holiday party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fancied up",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"festooned",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"glitzed (up)",
|
|
"graced",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"prettied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorized",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"smartened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"feathered",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"filigreed",
|
|
"filleted",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"frilled",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"furbelowed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"ribboned",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9d",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"diamonded",
|
|
"gemmed",
|
|
"impearled",
|
|
"jeweled",
|
|
"jewelled",
|
|
"pearled",
|
|
"redecorated",
|
|
"redid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"uglified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dress the granite block to be used as the headstone on all four sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"furbished",
|
|
"glossed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"smoothened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sleeked",
|
|
"slicked",
|
|
"coated",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"japanned",
|
|
"lacquered",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"veneered",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sanded",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"boned",
|
|
"lapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"scuffed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed the young girl in satin and lace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"costumed",
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"enrobed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"garmented",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"gowned",
|
|
"habited",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"rigged (out)",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"togged (up or out)",
|
|
"toileted",
|
|
"vestured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"frocked",
|
|
"jacketed",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"happed",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"wrapped",
|
|
"accoutred",
|
|
"accoutered",
|
|
"bedighted",
|
|
"bedight",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"outfitted",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"uniformed",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"underdressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"undraped",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"untrussed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put on one's best or formal clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we don't usually dress for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"dressed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preened",
|
|
"primped",
|
|
"prinked",
|
|
"smartened (up)",
|
|
"accessorized",
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"costumed",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"duded (up)",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"garmented",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"rigged (out)",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dress the beans by applying fertilizer once a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"tended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"gleaned",
|
|
"harvested",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"germinated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"sprouted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"pulled (up)",
|
|
"uprooted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hayed",
|
|
"mowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drearily":{
|
|
"as in darkly , glumly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"distressfully",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"joylessly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despairingly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"downheartedly",
|
|
"low-spiritedly",
|
|
"acutely",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"piercingly",
|
|
"poignantly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"agonizingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"grievously",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"inconsolably",
|
|
"lugubriously",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"regretfully",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"ruefully",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"wailfully",
|
|
"woefully",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"hurtfully",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"rancorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"delightedly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"gleefully",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"rejoicingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"dispassionately",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"stoically",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dread":{
|
|
"causing fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every ship on the Spanish Main was terrified of running into the dread pirate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"spine-chilling",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"eerie",
|
|
"eery",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"grisly",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmarish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"nonintimidating",
|
|
"nonthreatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dread felt by people awaiting bad news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disquietude",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"defeatism",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"foreknowledge",
|
|
"premonition",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"presentiment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anticipation",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sanguinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were filled with dread when we saw the rapids we would be rafting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"scare",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"trepidation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"phobia",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"willies",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"twinge",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timorousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"nerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speaking in public is a perennial dread for many people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"black beast",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"hobgoblin",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"specter",
|
|
"spectre",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"wraith",
|
|
"banshee",
|
|
"bogeyman",
|
|
"bogyman",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
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"imp",
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"incubus",
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"fright",
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"horrible",
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"horror",
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"monster",
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"monstrosity",
|
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"terror",
|
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"bane",
|
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"curse",
|
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"enemy",
|
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"plague",
|
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"scourge",
|
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"torment",
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"abomination",
|
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"anathema"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"as in fear , apprehend":{
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"apprehend",
|
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"fear",
|
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"descry",
|
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"discern",
|
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"perceive",
|
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"preview",
|
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"alert",
|
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"caution",
|
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"foretoken",
|
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"forewarn",
|
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"envisage",
|
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"envision",
|
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"foreshadow",
|
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"prefigure",
|
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"visualize",
|
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"augur",
|
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"forecast",
|
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"foretell",
|
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"predict",
|
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"presage",
|
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"prognosticate",
|
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"prophesy",
|
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"anticipate",
|
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"divine",
|
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"forefeel",
|
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"foreknow",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"prevision"
|
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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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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"dreadnought":{
|
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"something or someone that is unusually large and powerful":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"poor gas mileage did little to stem the popularity of that dreadnought of the roadways: the SUV"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"behemoth",
|
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"blockbuster",
|
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"colossus",
|
|
"dinosaur",
|
|
"elephant",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"Goliath",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"mastodon",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"titan",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amazon",
|
|
"giantess",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"hulk",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"juggernaut",
|
|
"steamroller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"wisp",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peewee",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"runt",
|
|
"shrimp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dreariness":{
|
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my own dreariness seemed to match the dismal weather we were having"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"dismalness",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"morbidness",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"morosity",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |