1814 lines
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1814 lines
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{
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"lengthen":{
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"to make longer":{
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"examples":[
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"I had to lengthen the handle of the paint roller in order to reach the top of the wall"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drag (out)",
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"draw out",
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"elongate",
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"extend",
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"outstretch",
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"prolong",
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"protract",
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"stretch"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amplify",
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"enlarge",
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"expand",
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"increase",
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"attenuate",
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"thin"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decrease",
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"diminish",
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"lessen",
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"reduce",
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"thicken"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"abbreviate",
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"abridge",
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"curtail",
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"cut",
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"cut back",
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"shorten"
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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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"lengthening":{
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"the act of making longer":{
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"examples":[
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"a lengthening of the school year is favored by many of the parents in the school district"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drawing out",
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"elongation",
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"extension",
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"prolongation",
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"prolonging",
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"stretching"
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],
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"near synonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"abbreviation",
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"abridgment",
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"abridgement",
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"curtailment",
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"cutback",
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"shortening"
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]
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},
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"to make longer":{
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"examples":[
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"I had to lengthen the handle of the paint roller in order to reach the top of the wall"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dragging (out)",
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"drawing out",
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"elongating",
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"extending",
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"outstretching",
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"prolonging",
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"protracting",
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"stretching"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amplifying",
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"enlarging",
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"expanding",
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"increasing",
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"attenuating",
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"thinning"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decreasing",
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"diminishing",
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"lessening",
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"reducing",
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"thickening"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"abbreviating",
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"abridging",
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"curtailing",
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"cutting",
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"cutting back",
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"shortening"
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]
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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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"lent":{
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"to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned":{
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"examples":[
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"I can lend you my copy of the textbook until the weekend",
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"can you lend me five dollars?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advanced",
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"loaned"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"furnished",
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"gave",
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"granted",
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"leased",
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"let",
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"rented"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"received",
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"took"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"borrowed"
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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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"lenience":{
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"kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it":{
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"examples":[
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"a judge's reputation for lenience towards first-time criminals"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"charity",
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"clemency",
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"forbearance",
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"leniency",
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"lenity",
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"mercifulness",
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"mercy",
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"quarter"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"humanitarianism",
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"philanthropy",
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"empathy",
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"pity",
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"sympathy",
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"understanding",
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"commiseration",
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"favor",
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"grace",
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"benevolence",
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"care",
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"compassion",
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"gentleness",
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"goodness",
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"goodwill",
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"humaneness",
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"kindliness",
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"kindness",
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"meekness",
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"mildness",
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"niceness",
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"softness",
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"tenderness",
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"altruism",
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"generosity",
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"magnanimity",
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"nobility",
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"affection",
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"devotion",
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"love",
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"worship"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hard-heartedness",
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"mercilessness",
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"pitilessness",
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"ruthlessness",
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"uncharitableness",
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"reprisal",
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"requital",
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"retaliation",
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"retribution",
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"revenge",
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"vengeance",
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"venom",
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"vindictiveness",
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"virulence",
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"vitriol",
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"atrocity",
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"barbarity",
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"brutality",
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"cruelty",
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"sadism",
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"savageness",
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"savagery",
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"truculence",
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"viciousness",
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"violence",
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"wantonness",
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"castigation",
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"chastisement",
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"discipline",
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"punishment",
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"scolding",
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"abhorrence",
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"abomination",
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"detestation",
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"execration",
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"hate",
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"hatred",
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"loathing",
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"cattiness",
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"malevolence",
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"malice",
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"maliciousness",
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"malignancy",
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"malignity",
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"meanness",
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"nastiness",
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"spite",
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"spitefulness",
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"spleen",
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"animosity",
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"antagonism",
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"antipathy",
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"bitterness",
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"enmity",
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"gall",
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"grudge",
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"hostility",
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"jealousy",
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"pique",
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"resentment",
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"bile",
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"jaundice",
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"rancor",
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"hatefulness",
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"invidiousness",
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"coarseness",
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"hardness",
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"harshness",
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"roughness"
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],
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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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"length":{
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"a wide space or area":{
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"examples":[
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"vowed that he would journey the lengths of the earth to find her"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breadth",
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"distance",
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"expanse",
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"expansion",
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"extent",
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"field",
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"plain",
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"reach",
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"sheet",
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"spread",
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"stretch",
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"waste"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"domain",
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"sphere",
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"territory",
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"compass",
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"range",
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"scope",
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"sweep",
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"gamut",
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"scale",
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"spectrum",
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"depth",
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"emptiness",
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"void",
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"extension",
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"latitude",
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"span",
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"amplitude",
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"immensity",
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"magnitude"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
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"examples":[
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"the length of a professional tennis court is 78 feet from baseline to baseline"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"distance",
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"lead",
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"remove",
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"spacing",
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"spread",
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"stretch",
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"way"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"altitude",
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"area",
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"breadth",
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"depth",
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"height",
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"rise",
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"space",
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"volume",
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"width",
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"extension",
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"extent",
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"cast",
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"range",
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"reach",
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"scope",
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"shot",
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"sweep",
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"throw",
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"drop",
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"fall",
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"flight",
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"haul",
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"berth",
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"clearance"
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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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"lenient":{
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"allowing a lot of freedom and not punishing bad behavior in a strong way":{
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"examples":[
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"a teacher who is lenient with students who have misbehaved",
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"The public was outraged by the lenient sentence the corrupt banker received."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"clement",
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"forbearing",
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"forgiving",
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"merciful",
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"soft",
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"beneficent",
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"benevolent",
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"benignant",
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"compassionate",
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"good-hearted",
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"humane",
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"kind",
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"kindhearted",
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"kindly",
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"softhearted",
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"sympathetic",
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"tender",
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"tenderhearted",
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"warmhearted",
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"attentive",
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"considerate",
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"solicitous",
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"thoughtful",
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"affable",
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"amicable",
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"benign",
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"companionable",
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"comradely",
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"cordial",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"gentle",
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"good",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered",
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"gracious",
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"mild",
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"neighborly",
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"nice",
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"pleasant",
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"sweet",
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"warm",
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"patient",
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"pitying",
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"tolerant",
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"understanding",
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"altruistic",
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"brotherly",
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"charitable",
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"freehanded",
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"generous",
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"greathearted",
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"humanitarian",
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"liberal",
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"magnanimous",
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"munificent",
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"noble",
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"openhearted",
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"philanthropic",
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"philanthropical",
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"selfless",
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"unselfish",
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"unsparing",
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"anticruelty",
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"cruelty-free"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"grim",
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"harsh",
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"heavy-handed",
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"severe",
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"stern",
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"strict",
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"tough",
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"ironhearted",
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"merciless",
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"pitiless",
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"ruthless",
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"stonyhearted",
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"inconsiderate",
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"insensitive",
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"thoughtless",
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"uncaring",
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"unthinking",
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"hateful",
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"malevolent",
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"malicious",
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"malign",
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"malignant",
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"mean",
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"nasty",
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"spiteful",
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"virulent",
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"antihumanitarian",
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"uncharitable",
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"atrocious",
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"barbaric",
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"barbarous",
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"bestial",
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"brutal",
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"brute",
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"brutish",
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"callous",
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"cold-blooded",
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"cruel",
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"fiendish",
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"hard-hearted",
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"heartless",
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"inhuman",
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"inhumane",
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"insensate",
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"sadistic",
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"savage",
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"truculent",
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"uncompassionate",
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"unfeeling",
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"unkind",
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"unkindly",
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"unsympathetic",
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"vicious",
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"wanton"
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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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"Leninist":{
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"as in Trotskyist , Stalinist":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"Bolshevik",
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"Leninite",
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"Maoist",
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"Marxist",
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"Stalinist",
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"Trotskyist",
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"Trotskyite",
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"leftist",
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"lefty",
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"pink",
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"pinko",
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"social democrat",
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"extremist",
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"radical",
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"revolutionary",
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"revolutionist",
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"commie",
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"communist",
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"comrade",
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"Red",
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"socialist"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"capitalist"
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],
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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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"leniency":{
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"kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it":{
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"examples":[
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"the defense requested leniency in light of their client's lack of a prior criminal record"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"charity",
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"clemency",
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"forbearance",
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"lenience",
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"lenity",
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"mercifulness",
|
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"mercy",
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"quarter"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"humanitarianism",
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"philanthropy",
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"empathy",
|
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"pity",
|
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"sympathy",
|
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"understanding",
|
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"commiseration",
|
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"favor",
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"grace",
|
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"benevolence",
|
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"care",
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"compassion",
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"gentleness",
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"goodness",
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"goodwill",
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"humaneness",
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"kindliness",
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"kindness",
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"meekness",
|
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"mildness",
|
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"niceness",
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"softness",
|
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"tenderness",
|
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"altruism",
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"generosity",
|
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"magnanimity",
|
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"nobility",
|
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"affection",
|
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"devotion",
|
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"love",
|
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"worship"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hard-heartedness",
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"mercilessness",
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"pitilessness",
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"ruthlessness",
|
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"uncharitableness",
|
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"reprisal",
|
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"requital",
|
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"retaliation",
|
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"retribution",
|
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"revenge",
|
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"vengeance",
|
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"venom",
|
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"vindictiveness",
|
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"virulence",
|
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"vitriol",
|
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"atrocity",
|
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"barbarity",
|
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"brutality",
|
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"cruelty",
|
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"sadism",
|
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"savageness",
|
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"savagery",
|
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"truculence",
|
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"viciousness",
|
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"violence",
|
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"wantonness",
|
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"castigation",
|
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"chastisement",
|
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"discipline",
|
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"punishment",
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"scolding",
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"abhorrence",
|
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"abomination",
|
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"detestation",
|
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"execration",
|
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"hate",
|
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"hatred",
|
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"loathing",
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"cattiness",
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"malevolence",
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"malice",
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"maliciousness",
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"malignancy",
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"malignity",
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"meanness",
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"nastiness",
|
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"spite",
|
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"spitefulness",
|
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"spleen",
|
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"animosity",
|
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"antagonism",
|
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"antipathy",
|
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"bitterness",
|
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"enmity",
|
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"gall",
|
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"grudge",
|
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"hostility",
|
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"jealousy",
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"pique",
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"resentment",
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"bile",
|
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"jaundice",
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"rancor",
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"hatefulness",
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"invidiousness",
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"coarseness",
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"hardness",
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"harshness",
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"roughness"
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],
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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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"lend":{
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"to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned":{
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"examples":[
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"I can lend you my copy of the textbook until the weekend",
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"can you lend me five dollars?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"loan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"lease",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"borrow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Leninite":{
|
|
"as in Stalinist , Maoist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Bolshevik",
|
|
"Leninist",
|
|
"Maoist",
|
|
"Marxist",
|
|
"Stalinist",
|
|
"Trotskyist",
|
|
"Trotskyite",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pinko",
|
|
"social democrat",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"commie",
|
|
"communist",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"Red",
|
|
"socialist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"capitalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lengthwise":{
|
|
"as in longitudinally":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"longitudinally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"cornerways",
|
|
"cornerwise",
|
|
"crossways",
|
|
"crosswise",
|
|
"diagonally",
|
|
"kitty-corner",
|
|
"catty-corner",
|
|
"catercorner",
|
|
"kitty-cornered",
|
|
"catty-cornered",
|
|
"catercornered",
|
|
"obliquely",
|
|
"transversely",
|
|
"across",
|
|
"on the bias",
|
|
"on the diagonal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Leninism":{
|
|
"as in bolshevism , Marxism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bolshevism",
|
|
"Marxism",
|
|
"Sovietism",
|
|
"Stalinism",
|
|
"collectivism",
|
|
"Communism",
|
|
"leftism",
|
|
"liberalism",
|
|
"radicalism",
|
|
"Big Brother",
|
|
"Big Brotherism",
|
|
"fascism",
|
|
"Nazism",
|
|
"absolutism",
|
|
"autarchy",
|
|
"authoritarianism",
|
|
"autocracy",
|
|
"Caesarism",
|
|
"czarism",
|
|
"tsarism",
|
|
"tzarism",
|
|
"despotism",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"totalism",
|
|
"totalitarianism",
|
|
"tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-rule",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lengthened":{
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had to lengthen the handle of the paint roller in order to reach the top of the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged (out)",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Leninites":{
|
|
"as in Stalinists , Maoists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Bolsheviks",
|
|
"Bolsheviki",
|
|
"Leninists",
|
|
"Maoists",
|
|
"Marxists",
|
|
"Stalinists",
|
|
"Trotskyists",
|
|
"Trotskyites",
|
|
"lefties",
|
|
"leftists",
|
|
"pinkos",
|
|
"pinkoes",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"social democrats",
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"commies",
|
|
"communists",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"Reds",
|
|
"socialists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"capitalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leniencies":{
|
|
"kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the defense requested leniency in light of their client's lack of a prior criminal record"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"lenience",
|
|
"lenity",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"quarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"humanitarianism",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"uncharitableness",
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"roughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lensmen":{
|
|
"one who takes photographs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an expert lensman whose work has appeared in dozens of magazines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"photographers",
|
|
"photogs",
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
"shutterbugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cinematographers",
|
|
"paparazzi"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lengthiness":{
|
|
"as in prolixity , extensiveness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"talkativeness",
|
|
"talkiness",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"volubility",
|
|
"wordiness",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"elongation",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"prolongation",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protraction",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"largeness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"shortness",
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
|
"compression",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"shrinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lengths":{
|
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vowed that he would journey the lengths of the earth to find her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"expanses",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spectra",
|
|
"spectrums",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"latitudes",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"immensities",
|
|
"magnitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the length of a professional tennis court is 78 feet from baseline to baseline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"spacings",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"widths",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"clearances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lends":{
|
|
"to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can lend you my copy of the textbook until the weekend",
|
|
"can you lend me five dollars?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"loans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"leases",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"rents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"borrows"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Leninists":{
|
|
"as in Trotskyists , Stalinists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Bolsheviks",
|
|
"Bolsheviki",
|
|
"Leninites",
|
|
"Maoists",
|
|
"Marxists",
|
|
"Stalinists",
|
|
"Trotskyists",
|
|
"Trotskyites",
|
|
"lefties",
|
|
"leftists",
|
|
"pinkos",
|
|
"pinkoes",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"social democrats",
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"commies",
|
|
"communists",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"Reds",
|
|
"socialists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"capitalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lenities":{
|
|
"kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a social critic who argues that judicial lenity is chiefly to blame for the increased criminality that plagues us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"lenience",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"quarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"humanitarianism",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"uncharitableness",
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"violence",
|
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"wantonness",
|
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"castigation",
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|
"chastisement",
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"discipline",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"roughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lending library":{
|
|
"as in library , archive":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archive",
|
|
"library",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"bibliotheca"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lensman":{
|
|
"one who takes photographs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an expert lensman whose work has appeared in dozens of magazines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"photog",
|
|
"photographer",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shutterbug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cinematographer",
|
|
"paparazzo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lenity":{
|
|
"kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a social critic who argues that judicial lenity is chiefly to blame for the increased criminality that plagues us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"lenience",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"quarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"humanitarianism",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"uncharitableness",
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"roughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lending":{
|
|
"to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can lend you my copy of the textbook until the weekend",
|
|
"can you lend me five dollars?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"loaning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"leasing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"renting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"borrowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leniently":{
|
|
"as in lightly , gently":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clemently",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"tenderly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"tolerantly",
|
|
"understandingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brutally",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"oppressively",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cold-bloodedly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"inhumanly",
|
|
"insensately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"obdurately",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"tyrannically",
|
|
"uncharitably",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"unmercifully",
|
|
"unsparingly",
|
|
"abusively",
|
|
"brutishly",
|
|
"savagely",
|
|
"viciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lengthy":{
|
|
"of great extent from end to end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she used a lengthy piece of rope to tie her dog to a tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"long"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far-reaching",
|
|
"longish",
|
|
"outstretched",
|
|
"oblong",
|
|
"rectangular",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lasting for a considerable time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store manager gives new associates a lengthy sermon on the evils of shoplifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"long-drawn-out",
|
|
"long-drawn",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"marathon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aeonian",
|
|
"aeonic",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"longish",
|
|
"overlong",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"all-day",
|
|
"all-night",
|
|
"multiday",
|
|
"multiyear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"short-range"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lengthens":{
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had to lengthen the handle of the paint roller in order to reach the top of the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drags (out)",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"outstretches",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"attenuates",
|
|
"thins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"thickens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"shortens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lending libraries":{
|
|
"as in libraries , archives":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"libraries",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"bibliothecas",
|
|
"bibliothecae"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |