3184 lines
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3184 lines
65 KiB
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{
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"obligates":{
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"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
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"examples":[
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"the problem is of your own making, so don't think that you can obligate me to help"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blackjacks",
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"coerces",
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"compels",
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"constrains",
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"dragoons",
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"drives",
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"forces",
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"impels",
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"impresses",
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"makes",
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"muscles",
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"obliges",
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"presses",
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"pressures",
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"sandbags"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"browbeats",
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"bulldozes",
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"bullies",
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"cows",
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"hectors",
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"intimidates",
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"blackmails",
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"high-pressures",
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"menaces",
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"shames",
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"terrorizes",
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"threatens",
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"drags",
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"badgers",
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"harasses",
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"hounds"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"allows",
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"lets",
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"permits",
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"argues",
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"convinces",
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"induces",
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"moves",
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"persuades",
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"prevails (on or upon)",
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"satisfies",
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"talks (into)",
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"wins (over)"
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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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"oblige":{
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"to do a service or favor for":{
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"examples":[
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"I would appreciate it greatly if you could oblige me by bringing a dessert to the party"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accommodate",
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"favor"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"humor",
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"indulge",
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"coddle",
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"mollycoddle",
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"pamper",
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"appease",
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"conciliate",
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"mollify",
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"pacify",
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"placate",
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"delight",
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"gladden",
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"gratify",
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"please",
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"satisfy",
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"abet",
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"aid",
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"assist",
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"help",
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"support",
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"attend",
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"care (for)",
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"comfort",
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"minister (to)",
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"relieve",
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"succor"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bother",
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"discommode",
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"disturb",
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"incommode",
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"inconvenience",
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"trouble",
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"burden",
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"encumber",
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"saddle",
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"weigh",
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"desert",
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"disappoint",
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"fail",
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"let down",
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"constrain",
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"hamper",
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"hamstring",
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"hinder",
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"hobble",
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"hold back",
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"impede",
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"obstruct",
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"restrain",
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"frustrate",
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"oppose",
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"sabotage",
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"thwart"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disoblige"
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]
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},
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"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
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"examples":[
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"I know you're in a hurry, but you can't oblige me to drive any faster than the speed limit"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blackjack",
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"coerce",
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"compel",
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"constrain",
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"dragoon",
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"drive",
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"force",
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"impel",
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"impress",
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"make",
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"muscle",
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"obligate",
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"press",
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"pressure",
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"sandbag"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"browbeat",
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"bulldoze",
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"bully",
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"cow",
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"hector",
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"intimidate",
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"blackmail",
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"high-pressure",
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"menace",
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"shame",
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"terrorize",
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"threaten",
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"drag",
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"badger",
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"harass",
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"hound"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"allow",
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"let",
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"permit",
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"argue",
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"convince",
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"induce",
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"move",
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"persuade",
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"prevail (on or upon)",
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"satisfy",
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"talk (into)",
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"win (over)"
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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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"obligingly":{
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"as in voluntarily":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"voluntarily",
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"desirably",
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"gladly",
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"wishfully",
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"electively",
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"optionally",
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"alternately",
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"alternatively",
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"either",
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"instead",
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"fain",
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"first",
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"preferably",
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"rather",
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"readily",
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"soon",
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"willingly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"involuntarily",
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"unwillingly",
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"reluctantly",
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"forcibly",
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"willy-nilly"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"obligingness":{
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"cheerful readiness to do something":{
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"examples":[
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"she's not exactly known for her obligingness when it comes time to help clean up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alacrity",
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"amenability",
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"gameness",
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"goodwill",
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"willingness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"celerity",
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"quickness",
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"rapidity",
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"speed",
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"speediness",
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"swiftness",
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"dispatch",
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"promptitude",
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"promptness",
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"ardor",
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"avidity",
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"eagerness",
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"enthusiasm",
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"exuberance",
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"fervor",
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"gusto",
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"keenness",
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"relish",
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"zeal",
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"zest",
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"agreeableness",
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"geniality",
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"good-naturedness",
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"heartiness",
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"warmth",
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"open-mindedness",
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"receptiveness",
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"receptivity",
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"responsiveness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"leisureliness",
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"pokiness",
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"slowness",
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"sluggishness",
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"apathy",
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"disinterestedness",
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"halfheartedness",
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"indifference",
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"lukewarmness",
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"perfunctoriness",
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"delay",
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"dilatoriness",
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"doubt",
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"equivocation",
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"hesitance",
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"hesitancy",
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"hesitation",
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"reluctance",
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"reservation",
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"reticence",
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"uncertainty",
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"vacillation",
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"disinclination",
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"indisposition",
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"recalcitrance",
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"resistance",
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"unwillingness",
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"antipathy",
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"averseness",
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"aversion"
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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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"obliquity":{
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"the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{
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"examples":[
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"her poetry is sure to satisfy those readers who readily confuse obliquity with profundity"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ambiguity",
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"ambiguousness",
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"darkness",
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"equivocalness",
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"equivocation",
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"inscrutability",
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"inscrutableness",
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"murkiness",
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"mysteriousness",
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"nebulosity",
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"nebulousness",
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"obliqueness",
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"obscurity",
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"opacity",
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"opaqueness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"mystery",
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"reconditeness",
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"cloudiness",
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"dimness",
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"faintness",
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"fogginess",
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"fuzziness",
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"haziness",
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"indefiniteness",
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"indistinctness",
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"mistiness",
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"shade",
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"shadow",
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"uncertainty",
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"vagueness",
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"impenetrability",
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"incomprehensibility",
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"incomprehensibleness",
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"circuitousness",
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"circuity",
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"indirectness",
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"deepness",
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"depth",
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"profoundness",
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"abstruseness",
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"abstrusity",
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"complexity",
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"complication",
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"difficulty",
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"obtuseness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comprehensibility",
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"intelligibility",
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"legibility",
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"brightness",
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"distinctness",
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"self-evidence",
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"certainty",
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"surety",
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"definiteness",
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"exactness",
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"explicitness",
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"incision",
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"incisiveness",
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"lucidity",
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"lucidness",
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"perspicuity",
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"perspicuousness",
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"directness",
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"forthrightness",
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"openness",
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"straightforwardness",
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"palpability",
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"tangibility",
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"tangibleness",
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"visibility",
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"readability",
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"readableness",
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"obviousness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clarity",
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"clearness",
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"obviousness",
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"plainness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"obliterate":{
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"to destroy all traces of":{
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"examples":[
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"in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abolish",
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"annihilate",
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"black out",
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"blot out",
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"cancel",
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"clean (up)",
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"efface",
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"eradicate",
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"erase",
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"expunge",
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"exterminate",
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"extirpate",
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"liquidate",
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"root (out)",
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"rub out",
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"snuff (out)",
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"stamp (out)",
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"sweep (away)",
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"wipe out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decimate",
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"ravage",
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"dismantle",
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"flatten",
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"mow (down)",
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"raze",
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"tear down",
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"ruin",
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"total",
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"waste",
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"wreck",
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"blast",
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"blow up",
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"dash",
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"dynamite",
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"smash",
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"atomize",
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"consume",
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"devour",
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"dissolve",
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"fragment",
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"powder",
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"pulverize",
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"shatter",
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"splinter",
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"doom",
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"finish",
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"kill",
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"kill off",
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"terminate",
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"zap",
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"cut",
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"discard",
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"ditch",
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"eject",
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"excise",
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"expel",
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"jettison",
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"oust",
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"throw out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"conserve",
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"preserve",
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"protect",
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"save",
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"build",
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"construct",
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"create",
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"fabricate",
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"fashion",
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"forge",
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"form",
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"frame",
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"make",
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"manufacture",
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"shape",
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"fix",
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"mend",
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"patch",
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"rebuild",
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"recondition",
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"reconstruct",
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"renew",
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"renovate",
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"repair",
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"restore",
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"revamp"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"oblivion":{
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"a state of being disregardful or unconscious of one's surroundings, concerns, or obligations":{
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"examples":[
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"for two weeks each year the stressed-out couple enjoy the blissful oblivion that comes with a vacation at the beach"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"forgetfulness",
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"nirvana",
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"obliviousness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ignorance",
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"incognizance",
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"innocence",
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"insensibility",
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"nescience",
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"unawareness",
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"unconsciousness",
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"unfamiliarity",
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"amnesia",
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"blindness",
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"absentmindedness",
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"absorption",
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"abstraction",
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"inattention",
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"inattentiveness",
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"preoccupation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"memory",
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"recall",
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"recollection",
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"remembrance",
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"alertness",
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"awareness",
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"cognizance",
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"consciousness"
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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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"obliviousness":{
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"a state of being disregardful or unconscious of one's surroundings, concerns, or obligations":{
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"examples":[
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"her general obliviousness often results in her walking into walls and other hard-to-miss objects"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"forgetfulness",
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"nirvana",
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"oblivion"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ignorance",
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"incognizance",
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"innocence",
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"insensibility",
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"nescience",
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"unawareness",
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"unconsciousness",
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"unfamiliarity",
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"amnesia",
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"blindness",
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"absentmindedness",
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"absorption",
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"abstraction",
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"inattention",
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"inattentiveness",
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"preoccupation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"memory",
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"recall",
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"recollection",
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"remembrance",
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"alertness",
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"awareness",
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"cognizance",
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"consciousness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the state of being unaware or uninformed":{
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"examples":[
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"obliviousness of a law is not an acceptable excuse for breaking it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"benightedness",
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"cluelessness",
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"ignorance",
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"incognizance",
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"innocence",
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"nescience",
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"unawareness",
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"unfamiliarity"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"callowness",
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"greenness",
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"inexperience",
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"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
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"naivete",
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"naivet\u00e9",
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"rawness",
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"simpleness",
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"unsophistication"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"experience",
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"know-how",
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"sophistication"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"acquaintance",
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"awareness",
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"cognizance",
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"familiarity"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"oblong":{
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"as in oval , cylindrical":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cylindrical",
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"cylindric",
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"elliptical",
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"elliptic",
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"oval",
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"ovate",
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"ovoid",
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"ovoidal",
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"global",
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"globular",
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"round",
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"spherical",
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"annular",
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"circular",
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"disciform",
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"discoid",
|
|
"discoidal",
|
|
"disklike",
|
|
"hooplike",
|
|
"ringlike",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"balled",
|
|
"bulbous",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"roundish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in rectangular":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rectangular",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far-reaching",
|
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"longish",
|
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"outstretched",
|
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"big",
|
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"biggish",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"lengthy",
|
|
"long"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortish",
|
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"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obloquies":{
|
|
"harsh insulting language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unable to mount a rational defense of her position, she unleashed a torrent of obloquy on her opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"billingsgates",
|
|
"fulminations",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"vitriols",
|
|
"vituperations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackguardisms",
|
|
"blasphemies",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"expletives",
|
|
"swearwords",
|
|
"aspersions",
|
|
"belittlements",
|
|
"disparagements",
|
|
"revilements",
|
|
"vilifications",
|
|
"castigations",
|
|
"chastisements",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"excoriations",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproofs",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"diatribes",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"polemics",
|
|
"tirades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"flatteries",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"soft soaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of having lost the esteem of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although he had beaten the murder rap, the accused murderer was condemned to live out his days in perpetual obloquy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteems",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"shames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scandals",
|
|
"contempts",
|
|
"despites",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
"disapprobations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"abasements",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"humiliations",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"stigmas",
|
|
"stigmata",
|
|
"taints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admirations",
|
|
"appreciations",
|
|
"estimations",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"awes",
|
|
"fears",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"fames",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"reputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"oblation":{
|
|
"as in libation , propitiation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"libation",
|
|
"propitiation",
|
|
"immolation",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"victim",
|
|
"holocaust",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"donation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obliterations":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ill-advised obliteration of the town's historic district in order to make way for a shopping center"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"extinctions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"mincemeats",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wastages",
|
|
"wreckages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredations",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"despoliations",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"dismantlements",
|
|
"effacements",
|
|
"eradications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"salvages",
|
|
"salvations",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"preservations",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"reclamations",
|
|
"reconstructions",
|
|
"re-creations",
|
|
"refurbishments",
|
|
"regeneracies",
|
|
"renovations",
|
|
"restorations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buildings",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"erections"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"oblique":{
|
|
"inclined or twisted to one side":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave the eavesdropper an oblique glance out of the corner of her eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"askew",
|
|
"aslant",
|
|
"atilt",
|
|
"awry",
|
|
"cock-a-hoop",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"lopsided",
|
|
"off-kilter",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"skewed",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"slantwise",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipping",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asymmetrical",
|
|
"asymmetric",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unsymmetrical",
|
|
"contorted",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"irregular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"symmetrical",
|
|
"symmetric"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"running in a slanting direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the painting the artist repeats the oblique line of the path with the oblique line of the outstretched arm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slantwise",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"up-and-down",
|
|
"vertical",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"perpendicular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obloquy":{
|
|
"harsh insulting language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unable to mount a rational defense of her position, she unleashed a torrent of obloquy on her opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"billingsgate",
|
|
"fulmination",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"vituperation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackguardism",
|
|
"blasphemy",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"revilement",
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"excoriation",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"diatribe",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"polemic",
|
|
"tirade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft soap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of having lost the esteem of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although he had beaten the murder rap, the accused murderer was condemned to live out his days in perpetual obloquy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scandal",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliation",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"stigma",
|
|
"taint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"repute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obliged":{
|
|
"being under obligation for a favor or gift":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my new neighbor gave me a Christmas present, and now I feel obliged to reciprocate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholden",
|
|
"bounden",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"obligated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"thankful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling or expressing gratitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd be much obliged if you could do me this favor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"appreciatory",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"thankful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beholden",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"thanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"ungracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inappreciative",
|
|
"thankless",
|
|
"unappreciative",
|
|
"ungrateful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to do a service or favor for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would appreciate it greatly if you could oblige me by bringing a dessert to the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"favored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"succored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"discommoded",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"incommoded",
|
|
"inconvenienced",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"burdened",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"saddled",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"let down",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"thwarted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disobliged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I know you're in a hurry, but you can't oblige me to drive any faster than the speed limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"dragooned",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"obligated",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"sandbagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"blackmailed",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"prevailed (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"talked (into)",
|
|
"won (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"oblations":{
|
|
"as in libations , propitiations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"libations",
|
|
"propitiations",
|
|
"immolations",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"victims",
|
|
"holocausts",
|
|
"contributions",
|
|
"donations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"oblate":{
|
|
"as in mendicant , monastic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"reverend",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"nun",
|
|
"abbess",
|
|
"anchoress",
|
|
"ancress",
|
|
"cloistress",
|
|
"conventual",
|
|
"mother superior",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"prioress",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"Reverend Mother",
|
|
"votary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obligation":{
|
|
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their financial obligations keep them from giving to charities as much as they would like"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"devoir",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"incumbency",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oath",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"vow",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"prearrangement",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"pact",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"debt",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"duress",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"onus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"postponement",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"waiver",
|
|
"loophole",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as money) which is owed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have to pay off my current obligations before I can buy a new car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrearage",
|
|
"arrears",
|
|
"debt",
|
|
"indebtedness",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"score"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"debit",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
"default",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"insolvency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"quittance",
|
|
"repayment",
|
|
"asset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obliterating":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"atomizing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"dooming",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obliquities":{
|
|
"the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her poetry is sure to satisfy those readers who readily confuse obliquity with profundity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"mysteriousness",
|
|
"nebulosity",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"obliqueness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"opaqueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"reconditeness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"fuzziness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"indistinctness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"vagueness",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"incomprehensibleness",
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"circuity",
|
|
"indirectness",
|
|
"deepness",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"profoundness",
|
|
"abstruseness",
|
|
"abstrusity",
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"obtuseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comprehensibility",
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"legibility",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"self-evidence",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"explicitness",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"perspicuity",
|
|
"perspicuousness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"palpability",
|
|
"tangibility",
|
|
"tangibleness",
|
|
"visibility",
|
|
"readability",
|
|
"readableness",
|
|
"obviousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"obviousness",
|
|
"plainness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"oblates":{
|
|
"as in mendicants , monastics":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"nuns",
|
|
"abbesses",
|
|
"anchoresses",
|
|
"ancresses",
|
|
"cloistresses",
|
|
"conventuals",
|
|
"mother superior",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"prioresses",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"Reverend Mother",
|
|
"votaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obliterated":{
|
|
"as in eradicated , exterminated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"frangible",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"ruinate",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"slivered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"unbreakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obligatory":{
|
|
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in this state, school attendance is obligatory until the age of 16"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"incumbent",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"coercive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unneeded",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"voluntary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the obligatory cliff-hanger endings for season finales of TV shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
|
"cliche",
|
|
"clich\u00e9d",
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stereotyped",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"trite",
|
|
"well-worn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"twice-told",
|
|
"bromidic",
|
|
"platitudinal",
|
|
"platitudinous",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cardboard",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"ready-made",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspired",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old hat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"pathbreaking",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"trailblazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"unclich\u00e9d",
|
|
"unhackneyed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obligations":{
|
|
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their financial obligations keep them from giving to charities as much as they would like"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"devoirs",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"imperatives",
|
|
"incumbencies",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"responsibilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oaths",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"troths",
|
|
"vows",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"prearrangements",
|
|
"pre-arrangements",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"pacts",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"debts",
|
|
"payments",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"compulsions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"musts",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"coercions",
|
|
"duresses",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"onuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"postponements",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"exemptions",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"waivers",
|
|
"loopholes",
|
|
"alternatives",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"options",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"selections"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as money) which is owed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have to pay off my current obligations before I can buy a new car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrearages",
|
|
"arrears",
|
|
"debts",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"scores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"debits",
|
|
"delinquencies",
|
|
"bankruptcies",
|
|
"defaults",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"insolvencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"quietuses",
|
|
"quittances",
|
|
"repayments",
|
|
"assets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"oblivious":{
|
|
"not informed about or aware of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the out-of-state motorist claimed to be oblivious of the local speed limit, even though the signs must have been hard to miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"incognizant",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"nescient",
|
|
"unacquainted",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unwitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"inconscient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"plugged-in",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sentient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"cognizant",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"conversant",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"witting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"oblivions":{
|
|
"a state of being disregardful or unconscious of one's surroundings, concerns, or obligations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for two weeks each year the stressed-out couple enjoy the blissful oblivion that comes with a vacation at the beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forgetfulness",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"obliviousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"incognizance",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"nescience",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unconsciousness",
|
|
"unfamiliarity",
|
|
"amnesia",
|
|
"blindness",
|
|
"absentmindedness",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"abstraction",
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"inattentiveness",
|
|
"preoccupation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"memory",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recollection",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"cognizance",
|
|
"consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obligate":{
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the problem is of your own making, so don't think that you can obligate me to help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"sandbag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"hector",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"blackmail",
|
|
"high-pressure",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"terrorize",
|
|
"threaten",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"prevail (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"talk (into)",
|
|
"win (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obliqueness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deliberate obliqueness of his reply left her wondering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"mysteriousness",
|
|
"nebulosity",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"opaqueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"reconditeness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"fuzziness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"indistinctness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"vagueness",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"incomprehensibleness",
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"circuity",
|
|
"indirectness",
|
|
"deepness",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"profoundness",
|
|
"abstruseness",
|
|
"abstrusity",
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"obtuseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comprehensibility",
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"legibility",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"self-evidence",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"explicitness",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"perspicuity",
|
|
"perspicuousness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"palpability",
|
|
"tangibility",
|
|
"tangibleness",
|
|
"visibility",
|
|
"readability",
|
|
"readableness",
|
|
"obviousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"obviousness",
|
|
"plainness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obligated":{
|
|
"being under obligation for a favor or gift":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have been their guests so many times that we feel obligated to return their hospitality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholden",
|
|
"bounden",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"obliged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"thankful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the problem is of your own making, so don't think that you can obligate me to help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"dragooned",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"sandbagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"blackmailed",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"prevailed (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"talked (into)",
|
|
"won (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obligating":{
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the problem is of your own making, so don't think that you can obligate me to help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"dragooning",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"sandbagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"blackmailing",
|
|
"high-pressuring",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"talking (into)",
|
|
"winning (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obliging":{
|
|
"willing to do a favor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an obliging concierge used her pull to get us reservations at the town's hottest restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"accommodative",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"indulgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"overindulgent",
|
|
"permissive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to do a service or favor for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would appreciate it greatly if you could oblige me by bringing a dessert to the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"favoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"succoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"discommoding",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"incommoding",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"burdening",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"saddling",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"letting down",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"thwarting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disobliging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I know you're in a hurry, but you can't oblige me to drive any faster than the speed limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"dragooning",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"obligating",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"sandbagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"blackmailing",
|
|
"high-pressuring",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"talking (into)",
|
|
"winning (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obliterates":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obliges":{
|
|
"to do a service or favor for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would appreciate it greatly if you could oblige me by bringing a dessert to the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"favors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"succors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"discommodes",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"incommodes",
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"saddles",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"lets down",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"thwarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disobliges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I know you're in a hurry, but you can't oblige me to drive any faster than the speed limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"obligates",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"sandbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"blackmails",
|
|
"high-pressures",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"prevails (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"talks (into)",
|
|
"wins (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obliteration":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ill-advised obliteration of the town's historic district in order to make way for a shopping center"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"extinction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"mincemeat",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"wastage",
|
|
"wreckage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredation",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"dismantlement",
|
|
"effacement",
|
|
"eradication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"reclamation",
|
|
"reconstruction",
|
|
"re-creation",
|
|
"refurbishment",
|
|
"regeneracy",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"renovation",
|
|
"restoration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"obliquely":{
|
|
"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the photographer has framed the shot so that the river runs obliquely through it, creating a great sense of depth for the viewer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"cornerways",
|
|
"cornerwise",
|
|
"crossways",
|
|
"crosswise",
|
|
"diagonally",
|
|
"kitty-corner",
|
|
"catty-corner",
|
|
"catercorner",
|
|
"kitty-cornered",
|
|
"catty-cornered",
|
|
"catercornered",
|
|
"transversely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"across"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lengthwise",
|
|
"longitudinally"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |