12270 lines
238 KiB
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12270 lines
238 KiB
JSON
{
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"curbs":{
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"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
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"examples":[
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"try to curb your curiosity when it comes to your neighbors' business"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bridles",
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"checks",
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"constrains",
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"contains",
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"controls",
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"governs",
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"holds",
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"inhibits",
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"keeps",
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"measures",
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"pulls in",
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"regulates",
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"reins (in)",
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"restrains",
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"rules",
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"tames"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bottles (up)",
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"chokes (back)",
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"holds back",
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"minces",
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"muffles",
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"pockets",
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"represses",
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"sinks",
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"smothers",
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"squelches",
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"stifles",
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"strangles",
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"suppresses",
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"swallows",
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"arrests",
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"interrupts",
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"stops",
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"blocks",
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"hampers",
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"handcuffs",
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"hinders",
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"impedes",
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"obstructs",
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"gags",
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"muzzles",
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"silences"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"liberates",
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"loosens",
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"looses",
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"unleashes",
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"airs",
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"expresses",
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"takes out",
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"vents"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"loses"
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]
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},
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"something that limits one's freedom of action or choice":{
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"examples":[
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"these international regulations act as a curb on the plundering of a nation's archaeological treasures"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"checks",
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"circumscriptions",
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"conditions",
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"constraints",
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"fetters",
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"limitations",
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"restraints",
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"restrictions",
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"strictures"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"exceptions",
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"provisos",
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"provisoes",
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"qualifications",
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"reservations",
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"stipulations",
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"strings",
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"bans",
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"prohibitions",
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"proscriptions"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"freedoms",
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"latitudes"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cure":{
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"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
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"examples":[
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"a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antidote",
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"corrective",
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"curative",
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"rectifier",
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"remedy",
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"therapeutic",
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"therapy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cure-all",
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"elixir",
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"panacea",
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"answer",
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"solution",
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"aid",
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"help",
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"relief",
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"succor",
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"balm",
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"medicinal",
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"medicine",
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"palliative"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
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"examples":[
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"researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drug",
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"medicament",
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"medication",
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"medicinal",
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"medicine",
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"pharmaceutical",
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"physic",
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"remedy",
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"specific"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cure-all",
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"nostrum",
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"panacea",
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"botanical",
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"patent medicine",
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"prescription",
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"prescription drug",
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"cordial",
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"potion",
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"tonic",
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"miracle drug",
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"wonder drug",
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"cap",
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"capsule",
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"pill",
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"tablet",
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"injection",
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"shot",
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"embrocation",
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"liniment",
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"lotion",
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"ointment",
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"poultice",
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"salve",
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"syrup",
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"sirup",
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"tincture",
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"antibiotic",
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"antiseptic",
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"serum",
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"cathartic",
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"purgative"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to bring about recovery from":{
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"examples":[
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"do you have anything that will cure my headache?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"heal",
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"mend",
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"remedy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"allay",
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"alleviate",
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"assuage",
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"relieve",
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"palliate",
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"salve",
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"soothe",
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"ease",
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"lighten",
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"moderate",
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"temper",
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"doctor",
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"nurse",
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"medicate",
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"treat",
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"diagnose"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aggravate",
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"worsen",
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"misdiagnose",
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"overdiagnose",
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"underdiagnose"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to restore to a healthy condition":{
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"examples":[
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"the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fix",
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"heal",
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"mend",
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"rehab",
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"rehabilitate",
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"set up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"attend (to)",
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"care (for)",
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"doctor",
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"medicate",
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"minister (to)",
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"nurse",
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"physic",
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"treat",
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"fortify",
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"rejuvenate",
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"renew",
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"resuscitate",
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"revitalize",
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"revive",
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"alleviate",
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"relieve",
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"remedy",
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"repair"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cripple",
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"damage",
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"disable",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"impair",
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"injure",
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"lacerate",
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"lame",
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"maim",
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"mangle",
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"mutilate",
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"wound",
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"afflict",
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"ail",
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"debilitate",
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"enervate",
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"enfeeble",
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"lay up",
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"sap",
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"sicken",
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"waste",
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"weaken"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in pastor , abb\u00e9":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abb\u00e9",
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"curate",
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"parson",
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"pastor",
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"rector",
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"shepherd",
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"vicar",
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"churchman",
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"clergyman",
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"father",
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"Holy Joe",
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"padre",
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"clergywoman",
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"deaconess",
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"priestess",
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"abbot",
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"archbishop",
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"archpriest",
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"bishop",
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"dean",
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"diocesan",
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"monsignor",
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"pope",
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"prelate",
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"presbyter",
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"chaplain",
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"confessor",
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"sky pilot",
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"evangelist",
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"missionary",
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"missioner",
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"missionizer",
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"revivalist",
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"friar",
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"mendicant",
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"monastic",
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"monk",
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"oblate",
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"religious",
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"high priest",
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"high priestess",
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"clergyperson",
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"cleric",
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"clerical",
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"clerk",
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"deacon",
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"divine",
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"dominie",
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"ecclesiastic",
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"minister",
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"preacher",
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"priest",
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"reverend"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"lay reader",
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"lector",
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"layman",
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"layperson",
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"secular"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"curious":{
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"interested in what is not one's own business":{
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"examples":[
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"curious neighbors peered out of their windows as the new people moved in"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"inquisitive",
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"nosy",
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"nosey",
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"prying",
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"snoopy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"interfering",
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"intrusive",
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"meddlesome",
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"meddling",
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"obtrusive",
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"officious",
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"inquisitional",
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"inquisitorial",
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"interrogative",
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"questioning",
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"quizzical",
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"concerned",
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"interested"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"apathetic",
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"disinterested",
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"indifferent",
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"unconcerned",
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"uninterested"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"incurious",
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"uncurious"
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]
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},
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"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
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"examples":[
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"that's a pretty curious coincidence\u2014almost too curious to be believed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bizarre",
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"bizarro",
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"cranky",
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"crazy",
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"eccentric",
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"erratic",
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"far-out",
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"funky",
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"funny",
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"kinky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"odd",
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"off-kilter",
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"off-the-wall",
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"offbeat",
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"out-of-the-way",
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"outlandish",
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"outr\u00e9",
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"peculiar",
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"quaint",
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"queer",
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"queerish",
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"quirky",
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"remarkable",
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"rum",
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"screwy",
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"spaced-out",
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"strange",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"way-out",
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"weird",
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"weirdo",
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"wild"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aberrant",
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"abnormal",
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"addlepated",
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"flaky",
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"extraordinary",
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"fantastic",
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"fantastical",
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"freak",
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"freakish",
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"freaky",
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"phantasmagoric",
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"phantasmagorical",
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"phenomenal",
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"atypical",
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"rare",
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"singular",
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"uncommon",
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"uncustomary",
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"unique",
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"unusual",
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"unwonted",
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"conspicuous",
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"notable",
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"noticeable",
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"outstanding",
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"prominent",
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"salient",
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"striking",
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"atrocious",
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"outrageous",
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"shocking",
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"crotchety",
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"idiosyncratic",
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"nonconformist",
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"nonmainstream",
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"out-there",
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"unconventional",
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"unorthodox",
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"baffling",
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"bewildering",
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"confounding",
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"mystifying",
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"perplexing",
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"puzzling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"average",
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"commonplace",
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"everyday",
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"garden",
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"normal",
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"ordinary",
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"prosaic",
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"routine",
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"run-of-the-mill",
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"standard",
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"typical",
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"unexceptional",
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"unremarkable",
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"usual",
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"workaday",
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"conformist",
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"conservative",
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"conventional",
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"expected",
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"familiar",
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"knee-jerk",
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"predictable",
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"common",
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"customary",
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"frequent",
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"habitual",
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"regular",
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"wonted"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced":{
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"examples":[
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"that is one of the most curious paintings I've ever seen"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"extraordinary",
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"funny",
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"odd",
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"offbeat",
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"out-of-the-way",
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"peculiar",
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"queer",
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"rare",
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"singular",
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"strange",
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"unaccustomed",
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"uncommon",
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"uncustomary",
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"unique",
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"unusual",
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"weird"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bizarre",
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"eccentric",
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"far-out",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"oddball",
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"outlandish",
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"outr\u00e9",
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"way-out",
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"aberrant",
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"abnormal",
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"atypical",
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"exceptional",
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"irregular",
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"newsworthy",
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"notable",
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"noteworthy",
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"noticeable",
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"particular",
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"remarkable",
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"special"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unexceptional",
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"expected",
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"predictable",
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"familiar",
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"normal",
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"regular",
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"typical"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"common",
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"ordinary",
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"plain",
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"usual"
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]
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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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"curling up":{
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"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
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"examples":[
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"I love to curl up in a big chair with a good book"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"nestling",
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"snugging",
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"snuggling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"burrowing",
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"couching",
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"crouching",
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"huddling",
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"hunching",
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"hunkering (down)",
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"scrunching",
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"squatting",
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"squinching"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"curls":{
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"a length of hair that forms a loop or series of loops":{
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"examples":[
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"let her hair grow in its natural curls"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"frizzes",
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"frizzles",
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"ringlets"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"kinks",
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"crimps",
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"waves",
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"permanents",
|
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"perms",
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"sets",
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"locks",
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"tresses"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
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"examples":[
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"an inviting path for joggers curls around the reservoir"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"coils",
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"corkscrews",
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"entwines",
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"spirals",
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"twines",
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"twists",
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"winds"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arches",
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"arcs",
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"bends",
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"crooks",
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"curves",
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"hooks",
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"sweeps",
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"swerves",
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"turns",
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"veers",
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"wheels",
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"swirls",
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"whirls",
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"circles",
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"encircles",
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"loops",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"zigzags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curmudgeonliness":{
|
|
"as in dyspepsia , sulkiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dyspepsia",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"crotchetiness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness",
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"truculency",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"supersensitivity",
|
|
"touchiness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
"passion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"mildness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"current":{
|
|
"accepted, used, or practiced by most people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"current wisdom on parenting favors allowing children lots of self-expression"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"uncommon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonstandard",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unpopular",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"current therapies for treating cancer have success rates that were undreamed of only a few decades ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"nouvelle",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"latter-day",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anachronistic",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"olden",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"unmodernized",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"timeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"existing or in progress right now":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the current fund-raising effort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"present-day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"recent",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"supermodern",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"unborn",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"through",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"noncontemporary",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"ago",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the currents of fashion are always changing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"downside",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"upside",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"countercurrent",
|
|
"countertrend",
|
|
"undercurrent",
|
|
"undertow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtains that were being lightly lifted by a fresh current from the open window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"headwind",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"tailwind",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tornado",
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"zephyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currying":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vowed to curry the hide of the person who stole his wallet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursing":{
|
|
"as in profanity , swearing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"swearing",
|
|
"blasphemy",
|
|
"defilement",
|
|
"desecration",
|
|
"impiety",
|
|
"irreverence",
|
|
"profanation",
|
|
"sacrilege",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"violation",
|
|
"contamination",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"pollution",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"consecration",
|
|
"purification",
|
|
"sanctification",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizing",
|
|
"beshrewing",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"maledicting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"hexing",
|
|
"jinxing",
|
|
"voodooing",
|
|
"danging",
|
|
"darning",
|
|
"durning",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"cussing (out)",
|
|
"fulminating (against)",
|
|
"railing (against)",
|
|
"reviling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"congratulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"anguishing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"grieving",
|
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"perturbing",
|
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"straining",
|
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"stressing",
|
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"troubling",
|
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"trying",
|
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"upsetting",
|
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"worrying",
|
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"crushing",
|
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"oppressing",
|
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"overpowering",
|
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"overwhelming",
|
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"smiting",
|
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"striking",
|
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"tyrannizing",
|
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"victimizing",
|
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"hurting",
|
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"paining",
|
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"panging",
|
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"pricking",
|
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"smarting",
|
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"stabbing",
|
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"stinging",
|
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"wringing",
|
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"martyring"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"abetting",
|
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"aiding",
|
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"assisting",
|
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"helping",
|
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"delivering",
|
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"releasing",
|
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"relieving",
|
|
"reprieving",
|
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"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
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"contenting",
|
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"quieting",
|
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"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"succoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cussing",
|
|
"swearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"railing",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"reviling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"maledicting",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"saluting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curst":{
|
|
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that cursed tree fell and blocked the road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accursed",
|
|
"accurst",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"deuced",
|
|
"doggone",
|
|
"doggoned",
|
|
"freaking",
|
|
"infernal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"beshrewed",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"maledicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"hexed",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"voodooed",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"cussed (out)",
|
|
"fulminated (against)",
|
|
"railed (against)",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"congratulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"excruciated",
|
|
"harrowed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"racked",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"tyrannized",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pained",
|
|
"panged",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"smarted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"martyred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"reprieved",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"succored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"swore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"railed",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"maledicted",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"saluted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curt":{
|
|
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was offended by the curt reply to her well-meaning question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short-spoken",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"mealymouthed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on a daily basis she e-mailed to her commanders curt reports on the situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aphoristic",
|
|
"apothegmatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"elliptical",
|
|
"elliptic",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"monosyllabic",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"telegraphic",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"thumbnail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"meaty",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"well-turned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pleonastic",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"repetitious",
|
|
"tautological",
|
|
"tautologous",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"inflated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"wordy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtail":{
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"syncopate",
|
|
"truncate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"recapitulate",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"subtract (from)",
|
|
"taper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtailing":{
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"syncopating",
|
|
"truncating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"encapsulating",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"recapitulating",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"compressing",
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"constricting",
|
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"contracting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"subtracting (from)",
|
|
"tapering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtailment":{
|
|
"as in abridgment , abbreviation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"compaction",
|
|
"compression",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"constriction",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"telescoping",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"simplification",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"lessening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decompression",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"dilation",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"distension",
|
|
"distention",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtailments":{
|
|
"as in abridgments , condensations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviations",
|
|
"abridgments",
|
|
"abridgements",
|
|
"compendiums",
|
|
"compendia",
|
|
"compends",
|
|
"condensations",
|
|
"shortenings",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"breviaries",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"conspectuses",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"encapsulations",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"pr\u00e9cis",
|
|
"recapitulations",
|
|
"recaps",
|
|
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
|
|
"resumes",
|
|
"resum\u00e9s",
|
|
"roundups",
|
|
"rundowns",
|
|
"run-throughs",
|
|
"summae",
|
|
"summaries",
|
|
"summarizations",
|
|
"summings-up",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"sum-ups",
|
|
"synopses",
|
|
"wrap-ups",
|
|
"simplifications",
|
|
"rehashes",
|
|
"reprises",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"epilogues",
|
|
"epilogs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifications",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cuts , cutbacks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutbacks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"detractions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"givebacks",
|
|
"kickbacks",
|
|
"rebates",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"supplementations",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtain":{
|
|
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there has long been a curtain of secrecy surrounding that group"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"cope",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cover-up",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"penumbra",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"concealer",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"fig leaf",
|
|
"Potemkin village",
|
|
"Trojan horse",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"veneer",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"varnish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pieces of cloth hung to darken, decorate, or divide a room":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kittens keep climbing the curtains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drapery",
|
|
"drapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hanging(s)",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"tapestry",
|
|
"window shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it'll be curtains for us if we're caught"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she dropped her head in shame and curtained her face with her hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"paper over",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtained (off)":{
|
|
"as in screened (off)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screened (off)",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked (off)",
|
|
"closed (off)",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"walled (off)",
|
|
"diked",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"gated",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unbarred",
|
|
"reopened",
|
|
"unblocked",
|
|
"unbolted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursorily":{
|
|
"with excessive or careless speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursorily glanced over the report before tossing it to one side"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hotfoot",
|
|
"hurriedly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"precipitously",
|
|
"rashly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headfirst",
|
|
"headily",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"automatically",
|
|
"glancingly",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"spontaneously",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"circumspectly",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"falteringly",
|
|
"haltingly",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"tentatively",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"studiedly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curled up":{
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I love to curl up in a big chair with a good book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nestled",
|
|
"snugged",
|
|
"snuggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burrowed",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"hunched",
|
|
"hunkered (down)",
|
|
"scrunched",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"squinched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtailed":{
|
|
"as in shortened , abbreviated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"cut-back",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"syncopated",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"short-range",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"lengthy",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"long-drawn-out",
|
|
"long-drawn",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"unending",
|
|
"longish",
|
|
"overlong",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"long-range",
|
|
"long-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"syncopated",
|
|
"truncated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"recapitulated",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"subtracted (from)",
|
|
"tapered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvy":{
|
|
"having a well-proportioned feminine figure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a curvy brunette with lots of male admirers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curvaceous",
|
|
"curvacious",
|
|
"pneumatic",
|
|
"shapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"Rubenesque",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"bosomy",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"busty",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"callipygian",
|
|
"callipygous",
|
|
"well-turned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shapeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a perilously curvy stretch of a corniche along the Riviera"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cur":{
|
|
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"denounced as curs those police officers who deserted their posts during the hurricane and its aftermath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastard",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"sissy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"quitter",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"milquetoast",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"ostrich",
|
|
"scaramouch",
|
|
"scaramouche"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daredevil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"valiant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a cur would abandon friends in their time of need"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curative":{
|
|
"tending to cure disease or restore health":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some believe that the herb has curative properties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"officinal",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"therapeutic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"sanative",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"alleviative",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"tonic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insalubrious",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"unhygienic",
|
|
"unsanitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the best curative for her depression might be volunteer work at a local animal shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"rectifier",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"therapeutic",
|
|
"therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"solution",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"balm",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"medicine",
|
|
"palliative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curdy":{
|
|
"having small pieces or lumps spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curdy cottage cheese"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"clumpy",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"nubbly",
|
|
"nubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ropy",
|
|
"ropey",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"viscous",
|
|
"knobbed",
|
|
"knobbly",
|
|
"knobby",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"clabbered",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"thickened",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"pebbly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curred":{
|
|
"as in cooed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cooed",
|
|
"fizzed",
|
|
"hissed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"sighed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"swished",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"whistled",
|
|
"whooshed",
|
|
"thrummed",
|
|
"chirred",
|
|
"churred",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"burred",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"hummed",
|
|
"whirred",
|
|
"whished",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curbed":{
|
|
"as in controlled , restrained":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unchecked",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to curb your curiosity when it comes to your neighbors' business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"tamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottled (up)",
|
|
"choked (back)",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"muzzled",
|
|
"silenced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unleashed",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currency":{
|
|
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I prefer to carry only paper currency , as coins are too heavy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"mad money",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currish":{
|
|
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apologized for his currish behavior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-down",
|
|
"low-minded",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"unworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"unerring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curries":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vowed to curry the hide of the person who stole his wallet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curse":{
|
|
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uttered a curse upon his persecutor from the scaffold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"malison",
|
|
"winze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"excommunication",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"whammy",
|
|
"pox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"benison",
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"started muttering curses after hitting his thumb with the hammer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"cussword",
|
|
"dirty word",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"four-letter word",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
"vulgarism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdry",
|
|
"language",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"oath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a source of harm or misfortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intolerance of personal differences is a curse of humanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"nemesis",
|
|
"scourge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"booby trap",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"safety",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematize",
|
|
"beshrew",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"maledict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"cuss (out)",
|
|
"fulminate (against)",
|
|
"rail (against)",
|
|
"revile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"congratulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"excruciate",
|
|
"harrow",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"tyrannize",
|
|
"victimize",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"martyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"swear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematize",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rail",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"revile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"maledict",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curveted":{
|
|
"as in danced , pranced":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"roistered",
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"disported",
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"larked",
|
|
"rollicked",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"sported",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"clowned",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyrode",
|
|
"roughhoused",
|
|
"skylarked",
|
|
"kited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"sulked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curry":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vowed to curry the hide of the person who stole his wallet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curable":{
|
|
"as in recoverable , redeemable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reclaimable",
|
|
"recoverable",
|
|
"redeemable",
|
|
"reformable",
|
|
"remediable",
|
|
"retrievable",
|
|
"savable",
|
|
"saveable",
|
|
"reversible",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"penitent",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"remorseful",
|
|
"repentant",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"correctable",
|
|
"fixable",
|
|
"rectifiable",
|
|
"repairable",
|
|
"reparable",
|
|
"salvable",
|
|
"salvageable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"incurable",
|
|
"irrecoverable",
|
|
"irredeemable",
|
|
"irreformable",
|
|
"irremediable",
|
|
"irretrievable",
|
|
"unrecoverable",
|
|
"unredeemable",
|
|
"irreparable",
|
|
"irreversible",
|
|
"uncorrectable",
|
|
"unencouraging",
|
|
"unpromising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvets":{
|
|
"as in dances , prances":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"roisters",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"disports",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"joyrides",
|
|
"roughhouses",
|
|
"skylarks",
|
|
"kites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"sulks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvetted":{
|
|
"as in danced , pranced":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"roistered",
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"disported",
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"larked",
|
|
"rollicked",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"sported",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"clowned",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyrode",
|
|
"roughhoused",
|
|
"skylarked",
|
|
"kited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"sulked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curmudgeonly":{
|
|
"as in cantankerous , ornery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"snarly",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currying favor":{
|
|
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She would bring in snacks in an attempt to curry favor with the jefe."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polishing",
|
|
"bootlicking",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"truckling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"wooing",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"deferring",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"defying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curl":{
|
|
"a length of hair that forms a loop or series of loops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let her hair grow in its natural curls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frizz",
|
|
"frizzle",
|
|
"ringlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"perm",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"tress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inviting path for joggers curls around the reservoir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"zigzag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curlicuing":{
|
|
"as in spiraling , curling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"falling off",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"trending",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"veering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvetting":{
|
|
"as in dancing , prancing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"larking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"joyriding",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"kiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"sulking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtain (off)":{
|
|
"as in screen (off)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screen (off)",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"block (off)",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"close (off)",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"wall (off)",
|
|
"dike",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"obstruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unbar",
|
|
"reopen",
|
|
"unblock",
|
|
"unbolt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curlycues":{
|
|
"as in curls , coils":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"windings",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curvatures",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spirals , curls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"falls off",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"veers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currently":{
|
|
"at the present time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're currently working on three separate projects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anymore",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"nowadays",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"right now",
|
|
"today"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"here"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"away",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"heretofore",
|
|
"hitherto",
|
|
"since",
|
|
"ago",
|
|
"previously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"before",
|
|
"formerly",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"once",
|
|
"then"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curses":{
|
|
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uttered a curse upon his persecutor from the scaffold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"malisons",
|
|
"winzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"damnations",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"excommunications",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"whammies",
|
|
"pox",
|
|
"poxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benedictions",
|
|
"benisons",
|
|
"blessings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"started muttering curses after hitting his thumb with the hammer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cusses",
|
|
"cusswords",
|
|
"dirty words",
|
|
"expletives",
|
|
"four-letter words",
|
|
"obscenities",
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"swearwords",
|
|
"vulgarisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdries",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"oaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a source of harm or misfortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intolerance of personal differences is a curse of humanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"nemeses",
|
|
"scourges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"threats",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"booby traps",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"pitfalls",
|
|
"snags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consolations",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"safeties",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizes",
|
|
"beshrews",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"maledicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"dangs",
|
|
"darns",
|
|
"durns",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"cusses (out)",
|
|
"fulminates (against)",
|
|
"rails (against)",
|
|
"reviles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"congratulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blesses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"excruciates",
|
|
"harrows",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"molests",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"tyrannizes",
|
|
"victimizes",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"smarts",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"martyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"reprieves",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"succors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"cusses",
|
|
"swears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rails",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"reviles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"maledicts",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reprobates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curl up":{
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I love to curl up in a big chair with a good book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nestle",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"snuggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burrow",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hunker (down)",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squinch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curates":{
|
|
"a person who is in charge of a Christian parish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The curate met with the bishop in the cathedral."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curving":{
|
|
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the curving shoreline on the island's south side is a beachcomber's paradise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after following a straight path most of the way down the mountain, the ski trail abruptly curves to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"falling off",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"trending",
|
|
"wheeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curlicuing",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"veering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curved the wood to make a bow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"swerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"incurvating",
|
|
"incurving",
|
|
"inflecting",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"kinking",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"enrolling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"dimpling",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"sloping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncurling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curled":{
|
|
"forming or styled into loops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the strokes of the capital letters were elaborately curled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crimped",
|
|
"crimpy",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"frizzled",
|
|
"frizzy",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"wavy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"uncurled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a curled and complicated route through a series of caves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inviting path for joggers curls around the reservoir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"corkscrewed",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"zigzagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curlicues":{
|
|
"as in curls , coils":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"windings",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curvatures",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spirals , curls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"falls off",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"veers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curbing":{
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to curb your curiosity when it comes to your neighbors' business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"measuring",
|
|
"pulling in",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"taming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottling (up)",
|
|
"choking (back)",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"muzzling",
|
|
"silencing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"unleashing",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"losing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtaining":{
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she dropped her head in shame and curtained her face with her hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belying",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvet":{
|
|
"as in dance , prance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roister",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyride",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"skylark",
|
|
"kite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"sulk"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtilage":{
|
|
"as in courtyard , terrace":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"courtyard",
|
|
"enclosure",
|
|
"inclosure",
|
|
"patio",
|
|
"quad",
|
|
"quadrangle",
|
|
"yard",
|
|
"forecourt",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"plaza",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"atrium",
|
|
"galleria",
|
|
"parvis",
|
|
"parvise",
|
|
"peristyle",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"terrace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curds":{
|
|
"as in curdles , clumps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"curdles",
|
|
"gums",
|
|
"lumps (up)",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"thickens",
|
|
"cakes",
|
|
"concretes",
|
|
"firms (up)",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"freezes",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"indurates",
|
|
"solidifies",
|
|
"stiffens",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"coagulates",
|
|
"congeals",
|
|
"gelates",
|
|
"gelatinizes",
|
|
"gels",
|
|
"jellies",
|
|
"jells",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesces",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"liquefies",
|
|
"liquifies",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"thaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curiosa":{
|
|
"as in ephemera , virtu":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ephemera",
|
|
"virtu",
|
|
"vertu",
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"rarity",
|
|
"found object",
|
|
"objet trouv\u00e9",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"rara avis",
|
|
"rare bird",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curring":{
|
|
"as in cooing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cooing",
|
|
"fizzing",
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"sighing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"swishing",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"whistling",
|
|
"whooshing",
|
|
"thrumming",
|
|
"chirring",
|
|
"churring",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"burring",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"whirring",
|
|
"whishing",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvature":{
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curvature of the spine is called scoliosis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"inflection",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curlycue",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"flexure",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"incurvature",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"turnoff",
|
|
"dogleg",
|
|
"hairpin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curdled":{
|
|
"as in sour , fermented":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"mildewy",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"putrescent",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"gangrenous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undecomposed",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in thickened , clotted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clabbered",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"thickened",
|
|
"knobbed",
|
|
"knobbly",
|
|
"knobby",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"pebbly",
|
|
"ropy",
|
|
"ropey",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"viscous",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"clumpy",
|
|
"curdy",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"nubbly",
|
|
"nubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in soured":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"disaffected",
|
|
"disgruntled",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"set (against)",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"embittered",
|
|
"empoisoned",
|
|
"envenomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endeared",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"sweetened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clumped , curded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"curded",
|
|
"gummed",
|
|
"lumped (up)",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"thickened",
|
|
"caked",
|
|
"concreted",
|
|
"firmed (up)",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"solidified",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"gelated",
|
|
"gelatinized",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesced",
|
|
"fluxed",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"liquefied",
|
|
"liquified",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"thawed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curiosity":{
|
|
"an eager desire to find out about things that are often none of one's business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our neighbor's curiosity about what we were doing last night was really offensive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curiousness",
|
|
"inquisitiveness",
|
|
"nosiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"wonderment",
|
|
"inquiry",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"intrusiveness",
|
|
"meddlesomeness",
|
|
"obtrusiveness",
|
|
"officiousness",
|
|
"eavesdropping",
|
|
"rubbernecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incuriosity",
|
|
"incuriousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something strange or unusual that is an object of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum's curiosities include items constructed entirely out of toothpicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"rarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"found object",
|
|
"objet trouv\u00e9",
|
|
"curiosa",
|
|
"ephemera",
|
|
"virtu",
|
|
"vertu",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"rara avis",
|
|
"rare bird",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assortment of curiosities from around the world that the family picked up during various vacations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bauble",
|
|
"bibelot",
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"gaud",
|
|
"gewgaw",
|
|
"geegaw",
|
|
"gimcrack",
|
|
"kickshaw",
|
|
"knickknack",
|
|
"nicknack",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"ornamental",
|
|
"tchotchke",
|
|
"trinket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bijouterie",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"gimcrackery",
|
|
"trinketry",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"virtu",
|
|
"vertu",
|
|
"bagatelle",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"figurine",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"keepsake",
|
|
"memento",
|
|
"souvenir",
|
|
"conversation piece",
|
|
"collectible",
|
|
"collectable",
|
|
"collector's item"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Charles Dickens typically endowed his characters with an array of endearing curiosities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crotchet",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"erraticism",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"individualism",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"mannerism",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quiddity",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"tic",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"neuroticism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"temperament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"sameness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currachs":{
|
|
"as in pirogues , skiffs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bateaux",
|
|
"batteaux",
|
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
|
"canoes",
|
|
"catamarans",
|
|
"coracles",
|
|
"dhows",
|
|
"dinghies",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dories",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"flatboats",
|
|
"garveys",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"johnboats",
|
|
"kayaks",
|
|
"outriggers",
|
|
"paddleboats",
|
|
"pinnaces",
|
|
"piraguas",
|
|
"pirogues",
|
|
"pontoons",
|
|
"prams",
|
|
"punts",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"rowboats",
|
|
"rowing boats",
|
|
"sampans",
|
|
"scows",
|
|
"sculls",
|
|
"shallops",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"skiffs",
|
|
"surfboats",
|
|
"umiaks",
|
|
"wherries",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"catboats",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"yachts",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"inboards",
|
|
"motorboats",
|
|
"outboards",
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"riverboats",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"bumboats",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"jolly boats",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lifeboats",
|
|
"longboats",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"hoys",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"lighters",
|
|
"narrow boats",
|
|
"towboats",
|
|
"tugboats",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"gondolas",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"water taxis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursed":{
|
|
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that cursed tree fell and blocked the road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accursed",
|
|
"accurst",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"deuced",
|
|
"doggone",
|
|
"doggoned",
|
|
"freaking",
|
|
"infernal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"beshrewed",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"maledicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"hexed",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"voodooed",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"cussed (out)",
|
|
"fulminated (against)",
|
|
"railed (against)",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"congratulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"excruciated",
|
|
"harrowed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"racked",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"tyrannized",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pained",
|
|
"panged",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"smarted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"martyred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"reprieved",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"succored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"swore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"railed",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"maledicted",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"saluted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtilages":{
|
|
"as in courtyards , terraces":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"courtyards",
|
|
"enclosures",
|
|
"inclosures",
|
|
"patios",
|
|
"quadrangles",
|
|
"quads",
|
|
"yards",
|
|
"forecourts",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"plazas",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"atria",
|
|
"atriums",
|
|
"gallerias",
|
|
"parvises",
|
|
"peristyles",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"terraces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curlicued":{
|
|
"as in spiraled , curled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"fell off",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"trended",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"veered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currents":{
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the currents of fashion are always changing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"downsides",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"upsides",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"countercurrents",
|
|
"countertrends",
|
|
"counter-trends",
|
|
"undercurrents",
|
|
"undertows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtains that were being lightly lifted by a fresh current from the open window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"headwinds",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tailwinds",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"zephyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curio":{
|
|
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful of the fragile curios on the end tables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bauble",
|
|
"bibelot",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"gaud",
|
|
"gewgaw",
|
|
"geegaw",
|
|
"gimcrack",
|
|
"kickshaw",
|
|
"knickknack",
|
|
"nicknack",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"ornamental",
|
|
"tchotchke",
|
|
"trinket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bijouterie",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"gimcrackery",
|
|
"trinketry",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"virtu",
|
|
"vertu",
|
|
"bagatelle",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"figurine",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"keepsake",
|
|
"memento",
|
|
"souvenir",
|
|
"conversation piece",
|
|
"collectible",
|
|
"collectable",
|
|
"collector's item"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something strange or unusual that is an object of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a museum's collection of curios brought back from the Far East by 19th-century traders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"rarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"found object",
|
|
"objet trouv\u00e9",
|
|
"curiosa",
|
|
"ephemera",
|
|
"virtu",
|
|
"vertu",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"rara avis",
|
|
"rare bird",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curators":{
|
|
"a person who is in charge of the things in a museum, zoo, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a curator seeking an addition to the collection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cocurators",
|
|
"co-curators",
|
|
"caretakers",
|
|
"custodians",
|
|
"guardians",
|
|
"janitors",
|
|
"keepers",
|
|
"wardens",
|
|
"watchmen",
|
|
"sextons",
|
|
"stewards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curded":{
|
|
"as in curdled , clumped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"gummed",
|
|
"lumped (up)",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"thickened",
|
|
"caked",
|
|
"concreted",
|
|
"firmed (up)",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"solidified",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"gelated",
|
|
"gelatinized",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesced",
|
|
"fluxed",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"liquefied",
|
|
"liquified",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"thawed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curricular":{
|
|
"as in academic , educational":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"educational",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"scholastic",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"donnish",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy",
|
|
"pedagogical",
|
|
"pedagogic",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"tweedy",
|
|
"collegiate",
|
|
"graduate",
|
|
"postgraduate",
|
|
"educative",
|
|
"instructive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonacademic",
|
|
"noneducational",
|
|
"unacademic",
|
|
"unscholarly",
|
|
"cocurricular",
|
|
"extracurricular",
|
|
"noncollegiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvatures":{
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curvature of the spine is called scoliosis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curlycues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"windings",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curly":{
|
|
"forming or styled into loops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy's naturally curly locks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crimped",
|
|
"crimpy",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"frizzled",
|
|
"frizzy",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"wavy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"uncurled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curriculum":{
|
|
"the courses that are taught by a school, college, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the undergraduate curriculum",
|
|
"The college has a liberal arts curriculum ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"core",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"refresher",
|
|
"clinic",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"survey course",
|
|
"minicourse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curr":{
|
|
"as in coo":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"fizz",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"whoosh",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curb":{
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to curb your curiosity when it comes to your neighbors' business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"pull in",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"tame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bottle (up)",
|
|
"choke (back)",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"silence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unleash",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that limits one's freedom of action or choice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these international regulations act as a curb on the plundering of a nation's archaeological treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check",
|
|
"circumscription",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"stricture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"proviso",
|
|
"qualification",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"stipulation",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"latitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curricles":{
|
|
"as in caroches , barouches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouches",
|
|
"broughams",
|
|
"buckboards",
|
|
"buggies",
|
|
"cabriolets",
|
|
"cabs",
|
|
"calashes",
|
|
"cal\u00e8ches",
|
|
"caleches",
|
|
"caroches",
|
|
"carryalls",
|
|
"chaises",
|
|
"chariots",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"diligences",
|
|
"dogcarts",
|
|
"droshkies",
|
|
"droskies",
|
|
"four-in-hands",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"go-carts",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hansoms",
|
|
"hansom cabs",
|
|
"jaunting cars",
|
|
"landaus",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"post chaises",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"rockaways",
|
|
"stagecoaches",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"stanhopes",
|
|
"surreys",
|
|
"tandems",
|
|
"tilburies",
|
|
"tongas",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"troikas",
|
|
"victorias",
|
|
"carriages",
|
|
"equipages",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"turnouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cure-all":{
|
|
"something that cures all ills or problems":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"raising a young person's self-esteem is not the cure-all that some people think"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catholicon",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"nostrum",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"theriac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"magic bullet",
|
|
"silver bullet",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"miracle drug",
|
|
"wonder drug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtained":{
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she dropped her head in shame and curtained her face with her hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curiosities":{
|
|
"something strange or unusual that is an object of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum's curiosities include items constructed entirely out of toothpicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"exotics",
|
|
"objets d'art",
|
|
"objets",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"rarities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"found objects",
|
|
"objets trouv\u00e9s",
|
|
"ephemera",
|
|
"ephemerae",
|
|
"ephemeras",
|
|
"virtus",
|
|
"vertus",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"prodigies",
|
|
"rara avises",
|
|
"rarae aves",
|
|
"rare birds",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"anomalies",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"monstrosities",
|
|
"malformations",
|
|
"mutants",
|
|
"mutations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assortment of curiosities from around the world that the family picked up during various vacations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baubles",
|
|
"bibelots",
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"gauds",
|
|
"gewgaws",
|
|
"geegaws",
|
|
"gimcracks",
|
|
"kickshaws",
|
|
"knickknacks",
|
|
"nicknacks",
|
|
"novelties",
|
|
"ornamentals",
|
|
"tchotchkes",
|
|
"trinkets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bijouteries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"gimcrackeries",
|
|
"trinketries",
|
|
"trumperies",
|
|
"virtus",
|
|
"vertus",
|
|
"bagatelles",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"figurines",
|
|
"objets d'art",
|
|
"objets",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"keepsakes",
|
|
"mementos",
|
|
"mementoes",
|
|
"souvenirs",
|
|
"conversation pieces",
|
|
"collectibles",
|
|
"collectables",
|
|
"collector's items"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Charles Dickens typically endowed his characters with an array of endearing curiosities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crotchets",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"erraticisms",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"individualisms",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"mannerisms",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"quiddities",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"tics",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"twists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"wonts",
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"neuroticisms",
|
|
"perversions",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"identities",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"temperaments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curries favor":{
|
|
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She would bring in snacks in an attempt to curry favor with the jefe."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polishes",
|
|
"bootlicks",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"kowtows",
|
|
"sucks (up)",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"truckles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"endears",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"woos",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"cowers",
|
|
"cringes",
|
|
"grovels",
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"defers",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"defies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursives":{
|
|
"a type of writing in which all the letters in a word are connected to each other":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He writes in cursive when he takes notes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backhands",
|
|
"copperplates",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"running hands",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"handwritings",
|
|
"penmanships",
|
|
"scripts",
|
|
"cacographies",
|
|
"hen scratches",
|
|
"hen tracks",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"autographs",
|
|
"John Hancocks",
|
|
"John Henrys",
|
|
"signatures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curding":{
|
|
"as in curdling , clumping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"gumming",
|
|
"lumping (up)",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"thickening",
|
|
"caking",
|
|
"concreting",
|
|
"firming (up)",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"indurating",
|
|
"solidifying",
|
|
"stiffening",
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"coagulating",
|
|
"congealing",
|
|
"gelating",
|
|
"gelatinizing",
|
|
"gelling",
|
|
"jelling",
|
|
"jellying",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquescing",
|
|
"fluxing",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"liquefying",
|
|
"liquifying",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"thawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curdle":{
|
|
"as in sour":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"disaffect",
|
|
"disgruntle",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"set (against)",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"embitter",
|
|
"empoison",
|
|
"envenom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endear",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate",
|
|
"sweeten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clump , curd":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"curd",
|
|
"gum",
|
|
"lump (up)",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"thicken",
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"firm (up)",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"solidify",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"gelate",
|
|
"gelatinize",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"jelly",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesce",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"liquefy",
|
|
"liquify",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"thaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curveting":{
|
|
"as in dancing , prancing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"larking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"joyriding",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"kiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"sulking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvaceous":{
|
|
"having a well-proportioned feminine figure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curvaceous swimsuit models"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"pneumatic",
|
|
"shapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"Rubenesque",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"bosomy",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"busty",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"callipygian",
|
|
"callipygous",
|
|
"well-turned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shapeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtaining (off)":{
|
|
"as in screening (off)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screening (off)",
|
|
"barricading",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking (off)",
|
|
"closing (off)",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"walling (off)",
|
|
"diking",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"gating",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"obstructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unbarring",
|
|
"reopening",
|
|
"unblocking",
|
|
"unbolting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curves":{
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bold curve of the racing yacht's hull"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curvatures",
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curlycues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"windings",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after following a straight path most of the way down the mountain, the ski trail abruptly curves to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"falls off",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"veers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curved the wood to make a bow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"swerves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"incurvates",
|
|
"incurves",
|
|
"inflects",
|
|
"reflects",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"dimples",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"uncurls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursedness":{
|
|
"as in accursedness , devilishness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accursedness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"execrableness",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"hellishness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"notoriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curling":{
|
|
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a curling labyrinth designed to discourage grave robbers from ever finding the inner burial chamber"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inviting path for joggers curls around the reservoir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrewing",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"zigzagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curraghs":{
|
|
"as in pirogues , skiffs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bateaux",
|
|
"batteaux",
|
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
|
"canoes",
|
|
"catamarans",
|
|
"coracles",
|
|
"dhows",
|
|
"dinghies",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dories",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"flatboats",
|
|
"garveys",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"johnboats",
|
|
"kayaks",
|
|
"outriggers",
|
|
"paddleboats",
|
|
"pinnaces",
|
|
"piraguas",
|
|
"pirogues",
|
|
"pontoons",
|
|
"prams",
|
|
"punts",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"rowboats",
|
|
"rowing boats",
|
|
"sampans",
|
|
"scows",
|
|
"sculls",
|
|
"shallops",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"skiffs",
|
|
"surfboats",
|
|
"umiaks",
|
|
"wherries",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"catboats",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"yachts",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"inboards",
|
|
"motorboats",
|
|
"outboards",
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"riverboats",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"bumboats",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"jolly boats",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lifeboats",
|
|
"longboats",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"hoys",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"lighters",
|
|
"narrow boats",
|
|
"towboats",
|
|
"tugboats",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"gondolas",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"water taxis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cures":{
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antidotes",
|
|
"correctives",
|
|
"curatives",
|
|
"rectifiers",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"therapeutics",
|
|
"therapies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"elixirs",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"solutions",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"succors",
|
|
"balms",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"palliatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drugs",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"specifics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"cordials",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"syrups",
|
|
"sirups",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"antibiotics",
|
|
"antiseptics",
|
|
"sera",
|
|
"serums",
|
|
"cathartics",
|
|
"purgatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring about recovery from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do you have anything that will cure my headache?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"palliates",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"medicates",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"diagnoses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"misdiagnoses",
|
|
"overdiagnoses",
|
|
"underdiagnoses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"rehabs",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"medicates",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"repairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"sickens",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pastors , abb\u00e9s":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curve":{
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bold curve of the racing yacht's hull"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curvature",
|
|
"inflection",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curlycue",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"flexure",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"incurvature",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"turnoff",
|
|
"dogleg",
|
|
"hairpin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after following a straight path most of the way down the mountain, the ski trail abruptly curves to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"fall off",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"veer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curved the wood to make a bow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"swerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"incurvate",
|
|
"incurve",
|
|
"inflect",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"dimple",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"uncurl"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currencies":{
|
|
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I prefer to carry only paper currency , as coins are too heavy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"mad money",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curriculums":{
|
|
"the courses that are taught by a school, college, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the undergraduate curriculum",
|
|
"The college has a liberal arts curriculum ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"electives",
|
|
"refreshers",
|
|
"clinics",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"survey courses",
|
|
"minicourses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtsy":{
|
|
"as in bow , nod":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beck",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"dop",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"salaam",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"obeisance",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"capitulation",
|
|
"obsequiousness",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"servility",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"deification",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"abidance",
|
|
"agreeability",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"teachableness",
|
|
"tractability",
|
|
"tractableness",
|
|
"trainability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"noncooperation",
|
|
"recusancy",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"noncompliance",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebelling",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"self-will",
|
|
"unruliness",
|
|
"waywardness",
|
|
"willfulness",
|
|
"misbehavior",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"mulishness",
|
|
"mutinousness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pigheadedness",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"insurgence",
|
|
"insurgency",
|
|
"insurrection",
|
|
"mutiny",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"revolt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currach":{
|
|
"as in pirogue , skiff":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bateau",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"canoe",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"coracle",
|
|
"dhow",
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dory",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"flatboat",
|
|
"garvey",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"johnboat",
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"paddleboat",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"pirogue",
|
|
"pontoon",
|
|
"pram",
|
|
"punt",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"rowboat",
|
|
"rowing boat",
|
|
"sampan",
|
|
"scow",
|
|
"scull",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skiff",
|
|
"surfboat",
|
|
"umiak",
|
|
"wherry",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"vessel",
|
|
"watercraft",
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"inboard",
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"outboard",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"riverboat",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lifeboat",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"lighter",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtains":{
|
|
"pieces of cloth hung to darken, decorate, or divide a room":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kittens keep climbing the curtains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drapery",
|
|
"drapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hanging(s)",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"tapestry",
|
|
"window shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it'll be curtains for us if we're caught"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she dropped her head in shame and curtained her face with her hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curator":{
|
|
"a person who is in charge of the things in a museum, zoo, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a curator seeking an addition to the collection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cocurator",
|
|
"caretaker",
|
|
"custodian",
|
|
"guardian",
|
|
"janitor",
|
|
"keeper",
|
|
"warden",
|
|
"watchman",
|
|
"sexton",
|
|
"steward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curried":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vowed to curry the hide of the person who stole his wallet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curried favor":{
|
|
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She would bring in snacks in an attempt to curry favor with the jefe."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polished",
|
|
"bootlicked",
|
|
"fawned",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"kowtowed",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"toadied",
|
|
"truckled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"slavered",
|
|
"slobbered",
|
|
"endeared",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"wooed",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"cowered",
|
|
"cringed",
|
|
"groveled",
|
|
"grovelled",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"defied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curmudgeons":{
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a curmudgeon would object to the nursing home's holiday decorations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"croakers",
|
|
"crosspatches",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
"growlers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"murmurers",
|
|
"mutterers",
|
|
"sourpusses",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
"soreheads",
|
|
"grinches",
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"naggers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"repiners",
|
|
"crocks",
|
|
"hypochondriacs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cured":{
|
|
"as in healthy , whole":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"well-conditioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"indisposed",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell",
|
|
"symptomatic",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"sickish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring about recovery from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do you have anything that will cure my headache?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"remedied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"palliated",
|
|
"salved",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"medicated",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"diagnosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"misdiagnosed",
|
|
"overdiagnosed",
|
|
"underdiagnosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"rehabbed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"medicated",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"physicked",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"repaired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"laid up",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curved":{
|
|
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a curved strip of metal that had sheared off during the collision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after following a straight path most of the way down the mountain, the ski trail abruptly curves to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"fell off",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"trended",
|
|
"wheeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curlicued",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"veered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curved the wood to make a bow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"swerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"incurvated",
|
|
"incurved",
|
|
"inflected",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"kinked",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"enrolled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"dimpled",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"sloped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened",
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtails":{
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"elides",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"syncopates",
|
|
"truncates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"encapsulates",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"recapitulates",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"sums up",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"subtracts (from)",
|
|
"tapers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursive":{
|
|
"a type of writing in which all the letters in a word are connected to each other":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He writes in cursive when he takes notes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backhand",
|
|
"copperplate",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"running hand",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"handwriting",
|
|
"penmanship",
|
|
"script",
|
|
"cacography",
|
|
"hen scratch",
|
|
"hen track",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"autograph",
|
|
"John Hancock",
|
|
"John Henry",
|
|
"signature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in informal , casual":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unscripted",
|
|
"ad hoc",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"down and dirty",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"extemporary",
|
|
"extempore",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improvisational",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curbstone":{
|
|
"as in unprepared , untrained":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"uninitiated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"dilettantish",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"entry-level",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"would-be",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuosic",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"ambidextrous",
|
|
"versatile",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curlicue":{
|
|
"as in curl , coil":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"flexure",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"incurvature",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curvature",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"inflection",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"turnoff",
|
|
"dogleg",
|
|
"hairpin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spiral , curl":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"fall off",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"veer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curdling":{
|
|
"as in fermentation , souring":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fermentation",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"putrefaction",
|
|
"putrescence",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoilage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in souring":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"disaffecting",
|
|
"disgruntling",
|
|
"estranging",
|
|
"setting (against)",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"embittering",
|
|
"empoisoning",
|
|
"envenoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"sweetening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clumping , curding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"curding",
|
|
"gumming",
|
|
"lumping (up)",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"thickening",
|
|
"caking",
|
|
"concreting",
|
|
"firming (up)",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"indurating",
|
|
"solidifying",
|
|
"stiffening",
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"coagulating",
|
|
"congealing",
|
|
"gelating",
|
|
"gelatinizing",
|
|
"gelling",
|
|
"jelling",
|
|
"jellying",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquescing",
|
|
"fluxing",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"liquefying",
|
|
"liquifying",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"thawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currishly":{
|
|
"as in dishonorably , ignobly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basely",
|
|
"dishonorably",
|
|
"ignobly",
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"contemptibly",
|
|
"despicably",
|
|
"detestably",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"pitiably",
|
|
"sorrily",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"degenerately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"greatheartedly",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"high-mindedly",
|
|
"honorably",
|
|
"magnanimously",
|
|
"nobly",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"venerably",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"majestically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtain-raisers":{
|
|
"a performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the opening of the performing arts center proved to be a curtain-raiser for the rebirth of the city's downtown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overtures",
|
|
"preambles",
|
|
"preliminaries",
|
|
"preludes",
|
|
"prologues",
|
|
"prologs",
|
|
"warm-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countdowns",
|
|
"run-ups",
|
|
"lead-ins",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curls up":{
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I love to curl up in a big chair with a good book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nestles",
|
|
"snuggles",
|
|
"snugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burrows",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"hunkers (down)",
|
|
"scrunches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"squinches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curricula":{
|
|
"the courses that are taught by a school, college, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the undergraduate curriculum",
|
|
"The college has a liberal arts curriculum ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"electives",
|
|
"refreshers",
|
|
"clinics",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"survey courses",
|
|
"minicourses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curdles":{
|
|
"as in sours":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sours",
|
|
"alienates",
|
|
"disaffects",
|
|
"disgruntles",
|
|
"estranges",
|
|
"sets (against)",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"embitters",
|
|
"empoisons",
|
|
"envenoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endears",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates",
|
|
"sweetens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clumps , curds":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"curds",
|
|
"gums",
|
|
"lumps (up)",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"thickens",
|
|
"cakes",
|
|
"concretes",
|
|
"firms (up)",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"freezes",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"indurates",
|
|
"solidifies",
|
|
"stiffens",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"coagulates",
|
|
"congeals",
|
|
"gelates",
|
|
"gelatinizes",
|
|
"gels",
|
|
"jellies",
|
|
"jells",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesces",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"liquefies",
|
|
"liquifies",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"thaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtains (off)":{
|
|
"as in screens (off)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screens (off)",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks (off)",
|
|
"closes (off)",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"walls (off)",
|
|
"dikes",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"obstructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unbars",
|
|
"reopens",
|
|
"unblocks",
|
|
"unbolts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtain-raiser":{
|
|
"a performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the opening of the performing arts center proved to be a curtain-raiser for the rebirth of the city's downtown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overture",
|
|
"preamble",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"prelude",
|
|
"prologue",
|
|
"prolog",
|
|
"warm-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countdown",
|
|
"run-up",
|
|
"lead-in",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cur\u00e9":{
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"rectifier",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"therapeutic",
|
|
"therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"solution",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"balm",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"medicine",
|
|
"palliative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drug",
|
|
"medicament",
|
|
"medication",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"medicine",
|
|
"pharmaceutical",
|
|
"physic",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"specific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"nostrum",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"botanical",
|
|
"patent medicine",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"prescription drug",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"potion",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"miracle drug",
|
|
"wonder drug",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"tablet",
|
|
"injection",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"embrocation",
|
|
"liniment",
|
|
"lotion",
|
|
"ointment",
|
|
"poultice",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"syrup",
|
|
"sirup",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"antibiotic",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"serum",
|
|
"cathartic",
|
|
"purgative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring about recovery from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do you have anything that will cure my headache?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"palliate",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"medicate",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"diagnose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"misdiagnose",
|
|
"overdiagnose",
|
|
"underdiagnose"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"medicate",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"physic",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"sicken",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pastor , abb\u00e9":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess",
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curs":{
|
|
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"denounced as curs those police officers who deserted their posts during the hurricane and its aftermath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chickens",
|
|
"cowards",
|
|
"cravens",
|
|
"dastards",
|
|
"funks",
|
|
"poltroons",
|
|
"recreants",
|
|
"sissies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"quitters",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"milquetoasts",
|
|
"pushovers",
|
|
"pussies",
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"caitiffs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"ostriches",
|
|
"scaramouches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daredevils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"stalwarts",
|
|
"valiants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a cur would abandon friends in their time of need"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curry favor":{
|
|
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She would bring in snacks in an attempt to curry favor with the jefe."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polish",
|
|
"bootlick",
|
|
"fawn",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"kowtow",
|
|
"suck (up)",
|
|
"toady",
|
|
"truckle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber",
|
|
"endear",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"woo",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"cower",
|
|
"cringe",
|
|
"grovel",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"defer",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"defy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curragh":{
|
|
"as in pirogue , skiff":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bateau",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"canoe",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"coracle",
|
|
"dhow",
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dory",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"flatboat",
|
|
"garvey",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"johnboat",
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"paddleboat",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"pirogue",
|
|
"pontoon",
|
|
"pram",
|
|
"punt",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"rowboat",
|
|
"rowing boat",
|
|
"sampan",
|
|
"scow",
|
|
"scull",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skiff",
|
|
"surfboat",
|
|
"umiak",
|
|
"wherry",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"vessel",
|
|
"watercraft",
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"inboard",
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"outboard",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"riverboat",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lifeboat",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"lighter",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currentness":{
|
|
"as in recentness , up-to-dateness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recentness",
|
|
"up-to-dateness",
|
|
"progressiveness",
|
|
"departure",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"innovation",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"bizarreness",
|
|
"strangeness",
|
|
"unfamiliarity",
|
|
"unusualness",
|
|
"hipness",
|
|
"trendiness",
|
|
"freshness",
|
|
"newness",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"originality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banality",
|
|
"commonness",
|
|
"familiarity",
|
|
"outdatedness",
|
|
"staleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curmudgeon":{
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a curmudgeon would object to the nursing home's holiday decorations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"croaker",
|
|
"crosspatch",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouser",
|
|
"growler",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"murmurer",
|
|
"mutterer",
|
|
"sourpuss",
|
|
"whiner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"sorehead",
|
|
"grinch",
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper",
|
|
"spoilsport",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"nagger",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"quibbler",
|
|
"repiner",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"hypochondriac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curricle":{
|
|
"as in barouche , caroche":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouche",
|
|
"brougham",
|
|
"buckboard",
|
|
"buggy",
|
|
"cab",
|
|
"cabriolet",
|
|
"calash",
|
|
"cal\u00e8che",
|
|
"caleche",
|
|
"caroche",
|
|
"carryall",
|
|
"chaise",
|
|
"chariot",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"dogcart",
|
|
"droshky",
|
|
"drosky",
|
|
"four-in-hand",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"go-cart",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hansom",
|
|
"hansom cab",
|
|
"jaunting car",
|
|
"landau",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"post chaise",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"rockaway",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"stagecoach",
|
|
"stanhope",
|
|
"surrey",
|
|
"tandem",
|
|
"tilbury",
|
|
"tonga",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"troika",
|
|
"victoria",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"equipage",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"turnout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cur\u00e9s":{
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antidotes",
|
|
"correctives",
|
|
"curatives",
|
|
"rectifiers",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"therapeutics",
|
|
"therapies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"elixirs",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"solutions",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"succors",
|
|
"balms",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"palliatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drugs",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"specifics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"cordials",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"syrups",
|
|
"sirups",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"antibiotics",
|
|
"antiseptics",
|
|
"sera",
|
|
"serums",
|
|
"cathartics",
|
|
"purgatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring about recovery from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do you have anything that will cure my headache?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"palliates",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"medicates",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"diagnoses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"misdiagnoses",
|
|
"overdiagnoses",
|
|
"underdiagnoses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"rehabs",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"medicates",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"repairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"sickens",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pastors , abb\u00e9s":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cure-alls":{
|
|
"something that cures all ills or problems":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"raising a young person's self-esteem is not the cure-all that some people think"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catholicons",
|
|
"elixirs",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"theriacs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"magic bullets",
|
|
"silver bullets",
|
|
"correctives",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursory":{
|
|
"acting or done with excessive or careless speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your essays require more than a cursory effort at proofreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drive-by",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gadarene",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"overhasty",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"precipitous",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"unadvised",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"horseback",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"drawn-out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"tentative",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"unrushed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curate":{
|
|
"a person who is in charge of a Christian parish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The curate met with the bishop in the cathedral."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess",
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curatives":{
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the best curative for her depression might be volunteer work at a local animal shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antidotes",
|
|
"correctives",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"rectifiers",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"therapeutics",
|
|
"therapies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"elixirs",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"solutions",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"succors",
|
|
"balms",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"palliatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtly":{
|
|
"in a few words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the beleaguered mayor curtly answered all questions with a simple \"No comment\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"briefly",
|
|
"compactly",
|
|
"concisely",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"elliptically",
|
|
"laconically",
|
|
"pithily",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"succinctly",
|
|
"summarily",
|
|
"tersely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aphoristically",
|
|
"sententiously",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"bluffly",
|
|
"bluntly",
|
|
"brusquely",
|
|
"monosyllabically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"redundantly",
|
|
"repetitiously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffusely",
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
|
"verbosely",
|
|
"wordily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curd":{
|
|
"as in curdle , clump":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"gum",
|
|
"lump (up)",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"thicken",
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"firm (up)",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"solidify",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"gelate",
|
|
"gelatinize",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"jelly",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesce",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"liquefy",
|
|
"liquify",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"thaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curios":{
|
|
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful of the fragile curios on the end tables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baubles",
|
|
"bibelots",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"gauds",
|
|
"gewgaws",
|
|
"geegaws",
|
|
"gimcracks",
|
|
"kickshaws",
|
|
"knickknacks",
|
|
"nicknacks",
|
|
"novelties",
|
|
"ornamentals",
|
|
"tchotchkes",
|
|
"trinkets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bijouteries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"gimcrackeries",
|
|
"trinketries",
|
|
"trumperies",
|
|
"virtus",
|
|
"vertus",
|
|
"bagatelles",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"figurines",
|
|
"objets d'art",
|
|
"objets",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"keepsakes",
|
|
"mementos",
|
|
"mementoes",
|
|
"souvenirs",
|
|
"conversation pieces",
|
|
"collectibles",
|
|
"collectables",
|
|
"collector's items"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something strange or unusual that is an object of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a museum's collection of curios brought back from the Far East by 19th-century traders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"exotics",
|
|
"objets d'art",
|
|
"objets",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"rarities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"found objects",
|
|
"objets trouv\u00e9s",
|
|
"ephemera",
|
|
"ephemerae",
|
|
"ephemeras",
|
|
"virtus",
|
|
"vertus",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"prodigies",
|
|
"rara avises",
|
|
"rarae aves",
|
|
"rare birds",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"anomalies",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"monstrosities",
|
|
"malformations",
|
|
"mutants",
|
|
"mutations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curiousness":{
|
|
"an eager desire to find out about things that are often none of one's business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"children have a natural curiousness about where babies come from"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"inquisitiveness",
|
|
"nosiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"wonderment",
|
|
"inquiry",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"intrusiveness",
|
|
"meddlesomeness",
|
|
"obtrusiveness",
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"officiousness",
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"eavesdropping",
|
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"rubbernecking"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"apathy",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
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"disregard",
|
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"indifference",
|
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"unconcern"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"incuriosity",
|
|
"incuriousness"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"curlycue":{
|
|
"as in curl , coil":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"flexure",
|
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"fold",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"incurvature",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curvature",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"inflection",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"turnoff",
|
|
"dogleg",
|
|
"hairpin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spiral , curl":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"fall off",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"veer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtness":{
|
|
"as in bluntness , shortness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"shortness",
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"sententiousness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"wordiness",
|
|
"periphrasis",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"tautology"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvacious":{
|
|
"having a well-proportioned feminine figure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curvaceous swimsuit models"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"pneumatic",
|
|
"shapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"Rubenesque",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"bosomy",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"busty",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"callipygian",
|
|
"callipygous",
|
|
"well-turned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shapeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currs":{
|
|
"as in coos":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes",
|
|
"thrums",
|
|
"chirrs",
|
|
"churrs",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"burrs",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"whirs",
|
|
"whirrs",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curing":{
|
|
"as in therapeutic , curative":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"recuperative",
|
|
"reformative",
|
|
"reformatory",
|
|
"rehabilitative",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"reparative",
|
|
"therapeutic",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"exhilarative",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"life-giving",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stimulative",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vitalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"insalubrious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring about recovery from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do you have anything that will cure my headache?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"remedying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"palliating",
|
|
"salving",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"medicating",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"diagnosing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"misdiagnosing",
|
|
"overdiagnosing",
|
|
"underdiagnosing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rehabbing",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"setting up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"medicating",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"physicking",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"repairing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"laming",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |