22110 lines
440 KiB
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22110 lines
440 KiB
JSON
{
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"descanting":{
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"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
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"examples":[
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"an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"declaiming",
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"discoursing",
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"expatiating",
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"haranguing",
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"lecturing",
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"orating",
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"speaking",
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"talking"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"reciting",
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"soliloquizing",
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"disserting",
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"expounding",
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"pontificating",
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"sermonizing",
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"mouthing",
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"spouting",
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"filibustering"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to produce musical sounds with the voice":{
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"examples":[
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"the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"caroling",
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"carolling",
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"chanting",
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"singing",
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"vocalizing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"belting",
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"crooning",
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"harmonizing",
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"humming",
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"lilting",
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"quavering",
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"scatting",
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"sharping",
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"slurring",
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"trilling",
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"trolling",
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"warbling",
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"yodeling",
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"yodelling",
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"serenading"
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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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"descend (on or upon)":{
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"to take sudden, violent action against":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"assail",
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"assault",
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"attack",
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"beset",
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"bushwhack",
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"charge",
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"go in (on)",
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"jump (on)",
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"pounce (on or upon)",
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"raid",
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"rush",
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"set on",
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"sic",
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"sick",
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"storm",
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"strike",
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"trash",
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"turn (on)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bum-rush",
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"gang up (on)",
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"mob",
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"swarm",
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"mug",
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"rob",
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"ambuscade",
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"ambush",
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"surprise",
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"surprize",
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"waylay",
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"blitz",
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"bomb",
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"bombard",
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"nuke",
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"barrage",
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"cannon",
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"cannonade",
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"bang away (at)",
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"batter",
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"buffet",
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"plaster",
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"beleaguer",
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"besiege",
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"press",
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"harry",
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"loot",
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"pillage",
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"plunder",
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"ravage",
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"sack",
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"foray",
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"invade",
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"overrun",
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"envelop",
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"flank"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cover",
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"defend",
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"guard",
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"protect",
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"secure",
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"shield"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"descent":{
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"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
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"examples":[
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"the airplane began its gradual descent to the landing field"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dip",
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"dive",
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"down",
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"drop",
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"fall",
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"nosedive",
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"plunge"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"comedown",
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"decline",
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"downfall",
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"downgrade",
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"plummeting",
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"sinking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advance",
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"headway",
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"progress",
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"progression",
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"betterment",
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"improvement"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ascent",
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"climb",
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"rise",
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"rising",
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"soaring",
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"upswing",
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"upturn"
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]
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},
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"a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body":{
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"examples":[
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"the family patriarch's heartbreaking descent into infirmity and senility"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"debilitation",
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"decay",
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"decaying",
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"declension",
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"decline",
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"degeneration",
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"deterioration",
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"ebbing",
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"enfeeblement",
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"weakening"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"atrophy",
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"exhaustion",
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"drooping",
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"flagging",
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"limping",
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"regression",
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"relapse",
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"setback"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"invigoration",
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"strengthening",
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"progress",
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"rejuvenation",
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"rejuvenescence"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"comeback",
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"improvement",
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"rally",
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"recovery",
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"recuperation",
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"rehabilitation",
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"revitalization",
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"snapback"
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]
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},
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"a change to a lower state or level":{
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"examples":[
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"the nation's rapid descent into anarchy after the revolution"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"decadence",
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"declension",
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"declination",
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"decline",
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"degeneracy",
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"degeneration",
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"degradation",
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"d\u00e9gringolade",
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"deterioration",
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"devolution",
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"downfall",
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"downgrade",
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"ebb",
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"eclipse",
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"fall"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dark age",
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"nadir",
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"sunset",
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"decay",
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"rotting",
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"spoiling",
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"breakup",
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"crumbling",
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"decomposition",
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"disintegration",
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"dissolution",
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"abasement",
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"debasement",
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"depreciation",
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"lessening",
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"decimation",
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"demolishment",
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"demolition",
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"desolation",
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"destruction",
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"havoc",
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"ruin",
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"ruination",
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"abatement",
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"decrease",
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"decrement",
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"de-escalation",
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"deflation",
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"diminishment",
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"diminution",
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"dip",
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"downslide",
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"downtrend",
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"downturn",
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"drop",
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"drop-off",
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"falloff",
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"loss",
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"lowering",
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"reduction",
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"sag",
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"shrinkage",
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"slip",
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"slump"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advancement",
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"development",
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"evolution",
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"growth",
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"blossoming",
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"flourishing",
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"flowering",
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"renewal",
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"restoration",
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"revitalization",
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"heightening",
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"accretion",
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"accrual",
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"addendum",
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"addition",
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"augmentation",
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"boost",
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"enhancement",
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"gain",
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"increase",
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"increment",
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"raise",
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"supplement"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ascent",
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"rise",
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"upswing"
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]
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},
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"a loss of status":{
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"examples":[
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"for throwing the game, the ballplayer underwent a huge descent in the eyes of the fans"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"comedown",
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"decline",
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"d\u00e9gringolade",
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"demise",
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"down",
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"downfall",
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"fall",
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"flameout",
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"G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"breakdown",
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"burnout",
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"collapse",
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"crash",
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"meltdown",
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"ruin",
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"undoing",
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"defeat",
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"disappointment",
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"reversal",
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"setback",
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"bottom",
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"nadir",
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"abasement",
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"disgrace",
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"humiliation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advance",
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"headway",
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"progress",
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"flower",
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"heyday",
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"prime"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"aggrandizement",
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"ascent",
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"exaltation",
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"rise",
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"up"
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]
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},
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"a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory":{
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"examples":[
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"the lightning descent of the invading army on that unsuspecting border town"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"foray",
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"incursion",
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"inroad",
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"invasion",
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"irruption",
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"raid"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"pillage",
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"plunder",
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"aggression",
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"assault",
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"coup de main",
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"offense",
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"offence",
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"offensive",
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"onset",
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"onslaught",
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"rush",
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"siege",
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"storm",
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"strike",
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"charge",
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"sally",
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"sortie",
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"ambuscade",
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"ambush",
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"surprise",
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"surprize",
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"trap",
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"air raid",
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"blitz",
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"blitzkrieg",
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"bombardment",
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"counteraggression",
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"counterassault",
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"counterattack",
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"counteroffensive",
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"counterstrike"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
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"examples":[
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"the descent of the voracious locusts on the wheat fields"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aggression",
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"assault",
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"attack",
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"attempt",
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"blitz",
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"blitzkrieg",
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"charge",
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"coup de main",
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"offense",
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"offence",
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"offensive",
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"onset",
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"onslaught",
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"raid",
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"rush",
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"strike"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ambuscade",
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"ambush",
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"counteraggression",
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"counterassault",
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"counterattack",
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"counteroffensive",
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"counterstrike",
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"sally",
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"sortie",
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"envelopment",
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"flanking",
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"breakthrough",
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"foray",
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"incursion",
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"invasion",
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"pillage",
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"ravage",
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"sack",
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"air raid",
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"bombardment",
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"bombing",
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"siege",
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"storm",
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"barrage",
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"cannonade",
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"fusillade",
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"hail",
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"salvo",
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"volley",
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"whammy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"defense",
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"defensive",
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"guard",
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"shield",
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"opposition",
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"resistance",
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"protection",
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"security",
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"shelter"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
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"examples":[
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"a person of Finnish descent"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ancestry",
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"birth",
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"blood",
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"bloodline",
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"breeding",
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"extraction",
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"family tree",
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"genealogy",
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"line",
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"lineage",
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"origin",
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"parentage",
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"pedigree",
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"stock",
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"strain"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"heredity",
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"succession",
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"family",
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"house",
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"kin",
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"kindred",
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"relations",
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"relatives",
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"race"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"offspring",
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"child",
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"heir",
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"inheritor",
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"son",
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"successor"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"issue",
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"posterity",
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"progeny",
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"seed"
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]
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},
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"a downward slope":{
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"examples":[
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"on bicycle tours the ascents always seem to outnumber the descents"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"declension",
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"decline",
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"declivity",
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"dip",
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"downgrade",
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"downhill",
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"fall",
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"hang",
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"hanging"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"basin",
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"depression",
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"hollow"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"glacis",
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"grade",
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"gradient",
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"hill",
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"inclination",
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"incline",
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"lean",
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"pitch",
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"rake",
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"tilt"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"acclivity",
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"ascent",
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"rise",
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"upgrade",
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"uphill",
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"uprise"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"descents":{
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"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
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"examples":[
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"the airplane began its gradual descent to the landing field"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dips",
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"dives",
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"downs",
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"drops",
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"falls",
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"nosedives",
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"plunges"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"comedowns",
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"declines",
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"downfalls",
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"downgrades"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advances",
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"headways",
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"progresses",
|
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"progressions",
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"betterments",
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"improvements"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ascents",
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"climbs",
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"rises",
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"risings",
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"soarings",
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"upswings",
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"upturns"
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]
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},
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"a change to a lower state or level":{
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"examples":[
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"the nation's rapid descent into anarchy after the revolution"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"decadences",
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"declensions",
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"declinations",
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"declines",
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"degeneracies",
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"degenerations",
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"degradations",
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"d\u00e9gringolades",
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"deteriorations",
|
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"devolutions",
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"downfalls",
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"downgrades",
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"ebbs",
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"eclipses",
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"falls"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dark ages",
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"nadirs",
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"sunsets",
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"decays",
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"breakups",
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"decompositions",
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"disintegrations",
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"dissolutions",
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"abasements",
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"debasements",
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"depreciations",
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"decimations",
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"demolishments",
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"demolitions",
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"desolations",
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"destructions",
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"havoc",
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"ruinations",
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"ruins",
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"abatements",
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"decreases",
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"decrements",
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"de-escalations",
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"deflations",
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"diminishments",
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"diminutions",
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"dips",
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"downslides",
|
|
"downtrends",
|
|
"downturns",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"evolutions",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"renewals",
|
|
"restorations",
|
|
"revitalizations",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"upswings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a loss of status":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for throwing the game, the ballplayer underwent a huge descent in the eyes of the fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comedowns",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolades",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flameouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"burnouts",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"meltdowns",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"undoings",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"setbacks",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"abasements",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"humiliations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"headways",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizements",
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"exaltations",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lightning descent of the invading army on that unsuspecting border town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"incursions",
|
|
"inroads",
|
|
"invasions",
|
|
"irruptions",
|
|
"raids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"aggressions",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"coups de main",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"offensives",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"onslaughts",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"sieges",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sorties",
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"air raids",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"blitzkriegs",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"counteraggressions",
|
|
"counter-aggressions",
|
|
"counterassaults",
|
|
"counter-assaults",
|
|
"counterattacks",
|
|
"counter-attacks",
|
|
"counteroffensives",
|
|
"counterstrikes",
|
|
"counter-strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the descent of the voracious locusts on the wheat fields"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressions",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"blitzkriegs",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"coups de main",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"offensives",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"onslaughts",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"counteraggressions",
|
|
"counter-aggressions",
|
|
"counterassaults",
|
|
"counter-assaults",
|
|
"counterattacks",
|
|
"counter-attacks",
|
|
"counteroffensives",
|
|
"counterstrikes",
|
|
"counter-strikes",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sorties",
|
|
"envelopments",
|
|
"breakthroughs",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"incursions",
|
|
"invasions",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"air raids",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"bombings",
|
|
"sieges",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"fusillades",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salvos",
|
|
"salvoes",
|
|
"volleys",
|
|
"whammies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"defensives",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"oppositions",
|
|
"resistances",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person of Finnish descent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestries",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bloodlines",
|
|
"breedings",
|
|
"extractions",
|
|
"family trees",
|
|
"genealogies",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"parentages",
|
|
"pedigrees",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"strains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heredities",
|
|
"successions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"kins",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"races"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"sons",
|
|
"successors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"posterities",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a downward slope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on bicycle tours the ascents always seem to outnumber the descents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"declivities",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"downhills",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"hangings",
|
|
"hangs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"hollows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glacis",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"gradients",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"leans",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"tilts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclivities",
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"uphills",
|
|
"uprises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descried":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"dredged (up)",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"dug up",
|
|
"ferreted (out)",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunted (down or up)",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"located",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"routed (out)",
|
|
"rummaged",
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
"scouted (up)",
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"looked for",
|
|
"searched (for or out)",
|
|
"sought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
"misplaced",
|
|
"misset",
|
|
"mis-set"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could just descry the ship coming over the horizon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"picked out",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"scrutinized",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"glanced (at)",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peered (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descriptions":{
|
|
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we immediately recognized the man from our cousin's description of him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"definitions",
|
|
"delineations",
|
|
"depictions",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"portraits",
|
|
"portraitures",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"renderings",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"vignettes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"anecdotes",
|
|
"anecdota",
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"narratives",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"yarns",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"clarifications",
|
|
"elucidations",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"explications",
|
|
"expositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fixes small appliances and other things of that description"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"genres",
|
|
"ilks",
|
|
"kidneys",
|
|
"kinds",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"types",
|
|
"varieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"models",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"categories",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descriptive":{
|
|
"having many features or details":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He told a descriptive story about his trip to Spain that captured our attention.",
|
|
"An overly descriptive account of the movie that left little to the imagination."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"picturesque",
|
|
"vivid",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"photographic",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"enumerated",
|
|
"inventoried",
|
|
"itemized",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"numerated",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"encyclopedic",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"inclusionary",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"in-depth",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"panoramic",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"mapped (out)",
|
|
"blow-by-blow",
|
|
"circumstantial",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"particularized",
|
|
"thorough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"nondescript",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"bird's-eye",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"nonspecific",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"unspecified",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descry":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"dredge (up)",
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunt (down or up)",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rout (out)",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"scout (up)",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"look for",
|
|
"search (for or out)",
|
|
"seek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"mislay",
|
|
"misplace",
|
|
"misset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could just descry the ship coming over the horizon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"pick out",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"glance (at)",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peer (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desecrate":{
|
|
"to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"violate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrate",
|
|
"desacralize",
|
|
"desanctify",
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"dedicate",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"sanctify",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desecration":{
|
|
"an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemy",
|
|
"defilement",
|
|
"impiety",
|
|
"irreverence",
|
|
"profanation",
|
|
"sacrilege"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"swearing",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"violation",
|
|
"contamination",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"pollution",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consecration",
|
|
"purification",
|
|
"sanctification",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desegregate":{
|
|
"as in integrate , reintegrate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"reintegrate",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sequester",
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserted":{
|
|
"left unoccupied or unused":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had the deserted beach all to ourselves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forsaken",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"unattended",
|
|
"untended",
|
|
"castaway",
|
|
"cast-off",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"idle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaimed",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"retrieved",
|
|
"salvaged",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"rehabbed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"repeopled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defected (from)",
|
|
"ratted (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"apostatized",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhered (to)",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"stuck (to or with)",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"marooned",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stranded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"retreated (from)",
|
|
"took off (from)",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"withdrew (from)",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"separated (from)",
|
|
"sacrificed",
|
|
"distanced",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"had",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaimed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiccated":{
|
|
"as in dry , shriveled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"juiceless",
|
|
"sapless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"juicy",
|
|
"pulpy",
|
|
"succulent",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"watery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that historian's dryasdust prose desiccates what is actually an exciting period in European history"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castrated",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"devitalized",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"gelded",
|
|
"lobotomized",
|
|
"petrified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"reanimated",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"reawoke",
|
|
"reawaked",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"reenergized",
|
|
"re-energized",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"rekindled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"vivified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dehumidified",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"mummified",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"wizened",
|
|
"air-dried",
|
|
"baked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"rehydrated",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"designated hitter":{
|
|
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to be my designated hitter in the office while I'm on business trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"fill-in",
|
|
"locum tenens",
|
|
"pinch hitter",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"stand-in",
|
|
"sub",
|
|
"substitute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"understudy",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"stopgap",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"assignee",
|
|
"attorney",
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"procurator",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"rep",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"surrogate",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"reliever",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"successor",
|
|
"superseder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desirably":{
|
|
"as in gladly , wishfully":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"wishfully",
|
|
"electively",
|
|
"optionally",
|
|
"obligingly",
|
|
"voluntarily",
|
|
"alternately",
|
|
"alternatively",
|
|
"either",
|
|
"instead",
|
|
"fain",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"preferably",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"willingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"involuntarily",
|
|
"unwillingly",
|
|
"reluctantly",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"willy-nilly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiring":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching (for)",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desiderating",
|
|
"dying (for)",
|
|
"hankering (for or after)",
|
|
"hungering (for)",
|
|
"itching (for)",
|
|
"jonesing (for)",
|
|
"longing (for)",
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"lusting (for or after)",
|
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"panting (after)",
|
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"pining (for)",
|
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"repining (for)",
|
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"salivating (for)",
|
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"sighing (for)",
|
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"thirsting (for)",
|
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"wanting",
|
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"wishing (for)",
|
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"yearning (for)",
|
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"yenning (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoiling (for)",
|
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"adoring",
|
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"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
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"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"relishing",
|
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"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"favoring",
|
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"preferring",
|
|
"admiring",
|
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"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
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"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"abhorring",
|
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"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the host desires a response to the dinner invitation by tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asking (for)",
|
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"bespeaking",
|
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"calling (for)",
|
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"pleading (for)",
|
|
"questing",
|
|
"requesting",
|
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"seeking",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"speaking (for)",
|
|
"suing (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applying (for)",
|
|
"begging (for)",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"clamoring (for)",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"insisting (on)",
|
|
"petitioning (for)",
|
|
"pressing (for)",
|
|
"requiring",
|
|
"requisitioning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"invoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desolated":{
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"totally desolated the city with aerial bombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"vaporized",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wracked",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"scotched",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wore (away)",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"gutted",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"unbuilt",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"havocked",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"trampled",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vandalized",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"restored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despairing":{
|
|
"emphasizing or expecting the worst":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despairing predictions regarding the effects of global overpopulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"downbeat",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"fatalistic",
|
|
"nihilist",
|
|
"nihilistic",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"negative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"sunny"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"Panglossian",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"Pollyannaish",
|
|
"Pollyannish",
|
|
"rose-colored",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling or showing no hope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despairing applicants need to be reminded that most students are eventually accepted somewhere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"hopeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"resigned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose all hope or confidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desponding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"sorrowing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"hoping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"cheering (up)",
|
|
"perking (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despairingly":{
|
|
"as in dejectedly , abjectly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"downheartedly",
|
|
"low-spiritedly",
|
|
"agonizingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"grievously",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"inconsolably",
|
|
"lugubriously",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"regretfully",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"ruefully",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"wailfully",
|
|
"woefully",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"distressfully",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"joylessly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"acutely",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"piercingly",
|
|
"poignantly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"hurtfully",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"rancorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"delightedly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"gleefully",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"rejoicingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"dispassionately",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"stoically",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desperadoes":{
|
|
"a violent criminal who is not afraid of getting hurt or caught":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A documentary about some notorious desperados of the Wild West."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandits",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"baddies",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"caitiffs",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"evildoers",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"meanies",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"nazis",
|
|
"no-goods",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scalawags",
|
|
"scallywags",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scapegraces",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"varlets",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"villainesses",
|
|
"crooks",
|
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"culprits",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"perpetrators",
|
|
"perps",
|
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"transgressors",
|
|
"sinners",
|
|
"trespassers",
|
|
"wrongdoers",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"jailbirds",
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"innocents",
|
|
"saints",
|
|
"heroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desperate":{
|
|
"feeling or showing no hope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"desperate cancer patients who are vulnerable to the claims of unscrupulous quacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"hopeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"resigned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desperation":{
|
|
"utter loss of hope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the famine her desperation drove her to do things she wouldn't have normally considered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"hopelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"resignation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"hopefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despising":{
|
|
"to dislike strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"approving (of)",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a traitor hated and despised by the whole community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"flouting",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slurring (over)",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"using"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despiteful":{
|
|
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despiteful treatment of his poor relations during their visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bitchy",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"virulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"scoundrelly",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"snakelike",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"jealous",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mean-spirited",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"snotty",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"venomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"amorous",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"unmalicious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despoilment":{
|
|
"as in robbery , looting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredation",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"marauding",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"robbery",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"piracy",
|
|
"pirating",
|
|
"privateering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despondence":{
|
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her slumping posture betrayed a growing despondence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"dismalness",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"morbidness",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"morosity",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"utter loss of hope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ability to endure defeat without despondence has allowed him to weather the ups and downs of an acting career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"hopelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"resignation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"optimism",
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"gaiety",
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"gayety",
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"glee",
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"gleefulness",
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"jollity",
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"joviality",
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"lightheartedness",
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"merriment",
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"mirth",
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"mirthfulness",
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"bliss",
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"blissfulness",
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"ecstasy",
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"elatedness",
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"elation",
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"euphoria",
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"exhilaration",
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"exuberance",
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"exultation",
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"gladness",
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"happiness",
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"joy",
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"joyfulness",
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"joyousness",
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"jubilation",
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"rapture",
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"rapturousness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"hope",
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"hopefulness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"destroyed":{
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"as in ruined , devastated":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"demolished",
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"devastated",
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"pulverized",
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"ruinate",
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"ruined",
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"wrecked",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
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"imploded",
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"damaged",
|
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"defaced",
|
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"disintegrated",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
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"mangled",
|
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"mutilated",
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"cracked",
|
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"slivered",
|
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"splintered",
|
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"split",
|
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"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
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"extirpated",
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"obliterated",
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"wiped out",
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"blasted",
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"detonated",
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"exploded",
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"breakable",
|
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"brittle",
|
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"delicate",
|
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"fragile",
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"frail",
|
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"frangible",
|
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"broken",
|
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"busted",
|
|
"fractured",
|
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"fragmented",
|
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"shattered",
|
|
"smashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"unbroken",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"unbreakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"they practically destroyed the safe in order to get at the money inside",
|
|
"their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"vaporized",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wracked",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"scotched",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wore (away)",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"gutted",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"unbuilt",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"havocked",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"trampled",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vandalized",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"restored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring destruction to (something) through violent action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wildfires destroyed thousands of acres in forests across the state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scourged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"forayed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"marauded",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"vaporized",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"wracked",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overwhelmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regrettably, the veterinarian was forced to destroy the injured horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"scragged",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"martyred",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"euthanized",
|
|
"euthanatized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"nurtured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destroys":{
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they practically destroyed the safe in order to get at the money inside",
|
|
"their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"vaporizes",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wracks",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scotches",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wears (away)",
|
|
"dilapidates",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"unbuilds",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"havocs",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"tramples",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vandalizes",
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"restores"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring destruction to (something) through violent action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wildfires destroyed thousands of acres in forests across the state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scourges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"marauds",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"vaporizes",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"wracks",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overwhelms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regrettably, the veterinarian was forced to destroy the injured horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumps off",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offs",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"scrags",
|
|
"snuffs",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"martyrs",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"euthanizes",
|
|
"euthanatizes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"suicides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"nurtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desultorily":{
|
|
"without definite aim, direction, rule, or method":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sat watching the movie, desultorily eating popcorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"erratically",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"willy-nilly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arbitrarily",
|
|
"capriciously",
|
|
"carelessly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"indiscriminately",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"promiscuously",
|
|
"whimsically",
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"fortuitously",
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unwittingly",
|
|
"disconnectedly",
|
|
"disjointedly",
|
|
"fitfully",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"spottily",
|
|
"unpredictably",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"formally",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"punctiliously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desirous":{
|
|
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"management is very desirous of finishing the project on time and within budget"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"athirst",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"geeked",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hepped up",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"appetent",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"unreluctant",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserter":{
|
|
"a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had orders to find and capture the deserters before they could reveal our location"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"renegade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"quisling",
|
|
"traitor",
|
|
"traitress",
|
|
"traitoress",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turncoat",
|
|
"abandoner",
|
|
"come-outer",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"leaver",
|
|
"defier",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"insurrectionary",
|
|
"insurrectionist",
|
|
"mutineer",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"revolter",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"revolutionizer",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"recusant",
|
|
"refusenik",
|
|
"refusnik",
|
|
"refuser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"zealot"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desperado":{
|
|
"a violent criminal who is not afraid of getting hurt or caught":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A documentary about some notorious desperados of the Wild West."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"baddie",
|
|
"baddy",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"meanie",
|
|
"meany",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"nazi",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scalawag",
|
|
"scallywag",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scapegrace",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"varlet",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"villainess",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"culprit",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"trespasser",
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"saint",
|
|
"hero"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despoiler":{
|
|
"as in robber , plunderer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"looter",
|
|
"marauder",
|
|
"pillager",
|
|
"plunderer",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"buccaneer",
|
|
"corsair",
|
|
"freebooter",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"rover",
|
|
"privateer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in destroyer , saboteur":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolisher",
|
|
"desecrater",
|
|
"desecrator",
|
|
"destroyer",
|
|
"ravager",
|
|
"ruiner",
|
|
"saboteur",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wrecker",
|
|
"defacer",
|
|
"vandal",
|
|
"graffitist",
|
|
"tagger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"preserver",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"saver",
|
|
"conservator",
|
|
"preservationist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desegregates":{
|
|
"as in integrates , reintegrates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"reintegrates",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"insulates",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"secludes",
|
|
"segregates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sequesters",
|
|
"quarantines",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"incarcerates",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"locks (up)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desire":{
|
|
"a strong wish for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a desire for adventure and excitement prompted him to travel to Africa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"letch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"thirstiness",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"impulsion",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"caco\u00ebthes",
|
|
"mania"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexual appetite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ads for drugs that increase desire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concupiscence",
|
|
"eroticism",
|
|
"horniness",
|
|
"hots",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"lech",
|
|
"letch",
|
|
"libidinousness",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"lustfulness",
|
|
"lustihood",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"salaciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"libido",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"rut",
|
|
"erotomania",
|
|
"hypersexuality",
|
|
"lecherousness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"nymphomania",
|
|
"satyriasis",
|
|
"venery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"celibacy",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an earnest request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the delegate's desire , the voice vote on the controversial measure was followed by an actual roll call"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjuration",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"prayer",
|
|
"solicitation",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"suppliance",
|
|
"supplication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"application",
|
|
"requisition",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"insistence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ache (for)",
|
|
"covet",
|
|
"crave",
|
|
"desiderate",
|
|
"die (for)",
|
|
"hanker (for or after)",
|
|
"hunger (for)",
|
|
"itch (for)",
|
|
"jones (for)",
|
|
"long (for)",
|
|
"lust (for or after)",
|
|
"pant (after)",
|
|
"pine (for)",
|
|
"repine (for)",
|
|
"salivate (for)",
|
|
"sigh (for)",
|
|
"thirst (for)",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"yearn (for)",
|
|
"yen (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoil (for)",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"spurn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the host desires a response to the dinner invitation by tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask (for)",
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"call (for)",
|
|
"plead (for)",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"speak (for)",
|
|
"sue (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apply (for)",
|
|
"beg (for)",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"clamor (for)",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"insist (on)",
|
|
"petition (for)",
|
|
"press (for)",
|
|
"require",
|
|
"requisition",
|
|
"invite",
|
|
"invoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desexing":{
|
|
"to remove the sex organs of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"desex the baby chickens destined for market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"neutering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castrating",
|
|
"emasculating",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"spaying",
|
|
"sterilizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despoiled":{
|
|
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"marauded",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"sacked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke in",
|
|
"burglarized",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"stole (from)",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"hunted",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"rummaged",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"ravished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desecrates":{
|
|
"to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"violates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrates",
|
|
"desacralizes",
|
|
"desanctifies",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"defames",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"ransacks",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"dedicates",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"sanctifies",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desisting (from)":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ordered to desist from using the copyrighted music without permission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"kiboshing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"clamping down",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"snuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destroying":{
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they practically destroyed the safe in order to get at the money inside",
|
|
"their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"vaporizing",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wracking",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"scotching",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing (away)",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"gutting",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"unbuilding",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"havocking",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"trampling",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vandalizing",
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"restoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"setting up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring destruction to (something) through violent action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wildfires destroyed thousands of acres in forests across the state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scourging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"foraying",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"marauding",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"vaporizing",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"wracking",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"overwhelming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regrettably, the veterinarian was forced to destroy the injured horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumping off",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"scragging",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"martyring",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"euthanizing",
|
|
"euthanatizing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"suiciding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desacralizing":{
|
|
"to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"complained that contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrating",
|
|
"desanctifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"desecrating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"violating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"spiritualizing",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"exorcising",
|
|
"exorcizing",
|
|
"expurgating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"sacralizing",
|
|
"sanctifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deselecting":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll deselect any plan that doesn't put him in total control"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balking (at)",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"passing up",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"throwing over",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"forswearing",
|
|
"foreswearing",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"approving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desegregated":{
|
|
"as in integrated , reintegrated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"reintegrated",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"released"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"sequestered",
|
|
"quarantined",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despicable":{
|
|
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even within the prison population, pedophiles are regarded as particularly despicable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"condemnable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"reptilian",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"reproachable",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cad's despicable behavior toward women"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"currish",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a despicable attempt at making a movie comedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"misbegotten",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"meritless",
|
|
"unworthy",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"unsavory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"respectable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desolating":{
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"totally desolated the city with aerial bombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"vaporizing",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wracking",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"scotching",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing (away)",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"gutting",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"unbuilding",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"havocking",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"trampling",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vandalizing",
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"restoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"setting up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destiny":{
|
|
"a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I just knew that it wasn't my destiny to end up in a dead-end job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"kismet",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"portion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"luck",
|
|
"predestination",
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desacralizes":{
|
|
"to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"complained that contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrates",
|
|
"desanctifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"desecrates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"violates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"spiritualizes",
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"exorcises",
|
|
"exorcizes",
|
|
"expurgates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"sacralizes",
|
|
"sanctifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"desexes":{
|
|
"to remove the sex organs of":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"desex the baby chickens destined for market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"neuters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castrates",
|
|
"emasculates",
|
|
"gelds",
|
|
"spays",
|
|
"sterilizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desisting":{
|
|
"as in ending , winding up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"perduring",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in terminating , discontinuing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"engendering",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"setting in",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming on",
|
|
"emerging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desired":{
|
|
"as in welcome , wanted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undesired",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"unasked",
|
|
"unbidden",
|
|
"unbid",
|
|
"uninvited",
|
|
"unsolicited",
|
|
"unsought",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"undesirable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ached (for)",
|
|
"coveted",
|
|
"craved",
|
|
"desiderated",
|
|
"died (for)",
|
|
"hankered (for or after)",
|
|
"hungered (for)",
|
|
"itched (for)",
|
|
"jonesed (for)",
|
|
"longed (for)",
|
|
"lusted (for or after)",
|
|
"panted (after)",
|
|
"pined (for)",
|
|
"repined (for)",
|
|
"salivated (for)",
|
|
"sighed (for)",
|
|
"thirsted (for)",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"yearned (for)",
|
|
"yenned (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoiled (for)",
|
|
"spoilt (for)",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the host desires a response to the dinner invitation by tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asked (for)",
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"called (for)",
|
|
"pleaded (for)",
|
|
"pled (for)",
|
|
"plead (for)",
|
|
"quested",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"spoke (for)",
|
|
"sued (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applied (for)",
|
|
"begged (for)",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"clamored (for)",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"insisted (on)",
|
|
"petitioned (for)",
|
|
"pressed (for)",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisitioned",
|
|
"invited",
|
|
"invoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despotic":{
|
|
"exercising power or authority without interference by others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nation ruled by a series of despotic rulers, each seemingly worse than the last"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"czarist",
|
|
"tsarist",
|
|
"tzarist",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"monocratic",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"totalitarian",
|
|
"antidemocratic",
|
|
"antirepublican",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"all-powerful",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"omnipotent",
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"self-governing",
|
|
"self-ruling",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unlimited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"constitutional",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"republican"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"limited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fond of ordering people around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the despotic coach demands that his players obey him without question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"dictating",
|
|
"regimental",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"directorial",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"all-powerful",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"omnipotent",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"stern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desist":{
|
|
"as in terminate , discontinue":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"emerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desirousness":{
|
|
"urgent desire or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her desirousness for advancement in the corporation is such that she works harder and longer than anyone else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"avidness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"thirst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"appetence",
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"readiness",
|
|
"willingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"lukewarmness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descanted":{
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"discoursed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"soliloquized",
|
|
"disserted",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"pontificated",
|
|
"sermonized",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"filibustered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce musical sounds with the voice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caroled",
|
|
"carolled",
|
|
"chanted",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"vocalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"crooned",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"hummed",
|
|
"lilted",
|
|
"quavered",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"sharped",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"trilled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"warbled",
|
|
"yodeled",
|
|
"yodelled",
|
|
"serenaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despoiling":{
|
|
"as in looting , pillaging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredation",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"marauding",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"predation",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"spoliation",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"desecrating",
|
|
"desecration",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vandalism",
|
|
"vandalization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"marauding",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"sacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking in",
|
|
"burglarizing",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"stealing (from)",
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"ravishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"descries":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"digs out",
|
|
"digs up",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"dredges (up)",
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunts (down or up)",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"routs (out)",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"scares up",
|
|
"scouts (up)",
|
|
"tracks (down)",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"looks for",
|
|
"searches (for or out)",
|
|
"seeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"mislays",
|
|
"misplaces",
|
|
"missets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could just descry the ship coming over the horizon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"gets a load of",
|
|
"lays eyes on",
|
|
"sets eyes on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peers (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"designs":{
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she always achieves her objective by design rather than by luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"game plans",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"master plans",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"road maps",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collusions",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"counterplans",
|
|
"counterstrategies",
|
|
"counter-strategies",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"protocols",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"projets",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"specifications",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"maps",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"policies",
|
|
"recipes",
|
|
"setups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thief had devised an elaborate design to get the invaluable artwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"machinations",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterconspiracies",
|
|
"counter-conspiracies",
|
|
"counterplots",
|
|
"frame-ups",
|
|
"manipulations",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"trickeries",
|
|
"artifices",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"cover-ups",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"cabals",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"systems",
|
|
"collusions",
|
|
"complicities",
|
|
"connivances",
|
|
"conspirations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my design in writing to you is to ask for your support"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"ambitions",
|
|
"aspirations",
|
|
"bournes",
|
|
"bourns",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"goals",
|
|
"ideals",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"objectives",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"pretensions",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"targets",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grails",
|
|
"holy grails",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"hopes",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"wishes",
|
|
"nirvanas",
|
|
"destinations",
|
|
"termini",
|
|
"terminuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"means",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the curtains have a lovely floral design"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"patterns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the design of the building's lobby encourages the free flow of traffic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"configurations",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"formats",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"getups",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"ordonnances",
|
|
"patterns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"themes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"aspires",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"purposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"hopes",
|
|
"wishes",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"performs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the foreman designed a better layout for the factory floor to improve efficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"budgets",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"charts",
|
|
"choreographs",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"maps (out)",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"schemes (out)",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"strategizes (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspires",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"machinates",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"concerts",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"premeditates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"described":{
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he tried to describe the dream he had last night as accurately as he could"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"limned",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"sketched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterized",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"narrated",
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"recounted",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"silhouetted",
|
|
"traced",
|
|
"vignetted",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"redescribed",
|
|
"reimaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"misdescribed",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"misstated",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a biography of Washington that describes the decisive Battle of Yorktown at great length"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charted",
|
|
"chronicled",
|
|
"narrated",
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"recounted",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"told"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"reeled off",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"enumerated",
|
|
"itemized",
|
|
"particularized",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"sketched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how would you describe the Inupiat people you encountered in Alaska?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charactered",
|
|
"characterized",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"represented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"pigeonholed",
|
|
"typed",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"individualized",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"particularized",
|
|
"stamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descended":{
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pathway descends to the river bank"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angled",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"cocked",
|
|
"heeled",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaned",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"planed",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"upswept",
|
|
"upturned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become worse or of less value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrophied",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"devolved",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"retrograded",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"moldered",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind",
|
|
"wait for the elevator to descend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"tumbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retreated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alighted",
|
|
"alit",
|
|
"disembarked",
|
|
"dismounted",
|
|
"got down",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplaned",
|
|
"detrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boarded",
|
|
"climbed (aboard)",
|
|
"got in",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"enplaned",
|
|
"emplaned",
|
|
"entrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embarked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descends (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"bushwhacks",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"goes in (on)",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"sets on",
|
|
"sics",
|
|
"sicks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"turns (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rushes",
|
|
"gangs up (on)",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"waylays",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"cannons",
|
|
"bangs away (at)",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"flanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"designation":{
|
|
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've never given the homemade gadget a proper designation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appellation",
|
|
"appellative",
|
|
"cognomen",
|
|
"compellation",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"moniker",
|
|
"monicker",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"nomenclature",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptismal name",
|
|
"Christian name",
|
|
"first name",
|
|
"forename",
|
|
"given name",
|
|
"family name",
|
|
"maiden name",
|
|
"middle name",
|
|
"surname",
|
|
"matronymic",
|
|
"patronymic",
|
|
"byname",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"hypocorism",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"sobriquet",
|
|
"soubriquet",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"alias",
|
|
"cryptonym",
|
|
"nom de guerre",
|
|
"nom de plume",
|
|
"pen name",
|
|
"pseudonym",
|
|
"binomial",
|
|
"monomial",
|
|
"trivial name",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"misnomer",
|
|
"brand name",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"trademark",
|
|
"trade name"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the surprising designation of an unknown as the running mate raised a few eyebrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"commission"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"delegation",
|
|
"deputation",
|
|
"emplacement",
|
|
"placement",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"anointing",
|
|
"anointment",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"installment",
|
|
"instalment",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"investiture",
|
|
"investment",
|
|
"ordination",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"destination",
|
|
"election",
|
|
"nomination",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"selection",
|
|
"singling (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"dethronement",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"eviction",
|
|
"ouster",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"dismission",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"firing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destroyer":{
|
|
"as in saboteur , wrecker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolisher",
|
|
"desecrater",
|
|
"desecrator",
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"ravager",
|
|
"ruiner",
|
|
"saboteur",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wrecker",
|
|
"defacer",
|
|
"vandal",
|
|
"graffitist",
|
|
"tagger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"preserver",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"saver",
|
|
"conservator",
|
|
"preservationist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in warship , tanker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aircraft carrier",
|
|
"argosy",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"coaster",
|
|
"collier",
|
|
"containership",
|
|
"corvette",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"flagship",
|
|
"freighter",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"ironclad",
|
|
"lightship",
|
|
"liner",
|
|
"man-of-war",
|
|
"man-o'-war",
|
|
"merchantman",
|
|
"merchant ship",
|
|
"motor ship",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"steamer",
|
|
"steamship",
|
|
"superliner",
|
|
"supertanker",
|
|
"tanker",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"warship",
|
|
"watercraft",
|
|
"boat",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"ship",
|
|
"vessel",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"barque",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"brigantine",
|
|
"caravel",
|
|
"clipper",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"square-rigger",
|
|
"tall ship",
|
|
"windjammer",
|
|
"xebec",
|
|
"yacht"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in devourer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"devourer",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"sponger",
|
|
"exploiter",
|
|
"user",
|
|
"bloodsucker",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"harpy",
|
|
"kite",
|
|
"predator",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"vulture",
|
|
"wolf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desolates":{
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"totally desolated the city with aerial bombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"vaporizes",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wracks",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scotches",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wears (away)",
|
|
"dilapidates",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"unbuilds",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"havocs",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"tramples",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vandalizes",
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"restores"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desexed":{
|
|
"as in neutered , altered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"neutered",
|
|
"sterilized",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"fruitless",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"castrated",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"gelded",
|
|
"spayed",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fertilized",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the sex organs of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"desex the baby chickens destined for market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"neutered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castrated",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"gelded",
|
|
"spayed",
|
|
"sterilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserve":{
|
|
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team really deserved that victory after the way they played"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"merit",
|
|
"rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entitle",
|
|
"qualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserts":{
|
|
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the robbers got their just deserts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"comeuppance",
|
|
"correction",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"nemesis",
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"wrath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amnesty",
|
|
"indemnity",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"parole",
|
|
"acquittal",
|
|
"exculpation",
|
|
"exoneration",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impunity",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"forgiveness",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"remitment",
|
|
"condonation",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defects (from)",
|
|
"rats (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abdicates",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"apostatizes",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"clings (to)",
|
|
"sticks (to or with)",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"fosters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"maroons",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"strands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"retreats (from)",
|
|
"takes off (from)",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"withdraws (from)",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"separates (from)",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaims"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destructive":{
|
|
"causing or tending to cause destruction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the destructive storm blew down trees all over town, and blew the roof off our neighbor's house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilatory",
|
|
"calamitous",
|
|
"cataclysmal",
|
|
"cataclysmic",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"devastative",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"ruinous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antibiotic",
|
|
"biocidal",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"pernicious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"preservative",
|
|
"protective",
|
|
"constructive",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"formative",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"ameliorative",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondestructive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bringing about ruin or misfortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"technology used for destructive ends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calamitous",
|
|
"cataclysmal",
|
|
"cataclysmic",
|
|
"catastrophic",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"ruinous",
|
|
"unfortunate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"hapless",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"luckless",
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"prejudicial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fluky",
|
|
"flukey",
|
|
"fortuitous",
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lucky",
|
|
"providential",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"rose-colored",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descendent":{
|
|
"bending downward or forward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the descendant branches of a weeping willow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"pendulous",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"stooping",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"upright"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in child":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"child",
|
|
"scion",
|
|
"succeeder",
|
|
"successor",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"claimant",
|
|
"heir apparent",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"coheir",
|
|
"coheiress",
|
|
"heiress",
|
|
"assignee",
|
|
"beneficiary",
|
|
"devisee",
|
|
"grantee",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"heir at law",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"legatee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desacralized":{
|
|
"as in unconsecrated , deconsecrated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrated",
|
|
"unconsecrated",
|
|
"unhallowed",
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"unspiritual",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"temporal",
|
|
"worldly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"sacral",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"sacrosanct",
|
|
"sanctified",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"liturgical",
|
|
"priestly",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"sacramental",
|
|
"spiritual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"complained that contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrated",
|
|
"desanctified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"desecrated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"violated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"spiritualized",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"expurgated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"sacralized",
|
|
"sanctified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desertic":{
|
|
"as in desertlike , desert":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"desertlike",
|
|
"xerothermic",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"air-dry",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"designed":{
|
|
"as in planned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"purposive",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"witting",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nondeliberate",
|
|
"nonpurposive",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unpremeditated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimed",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"aspired",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"proposed",
|
|
"purported",
|
|
"purposed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"hoped",
|
|
"wished",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"attempted",
|
|
"endeavored",
|
|
"strove",
|
|
"strived",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"plotted",
|
|
"schemed",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"performed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the foreman designed a better layout for the factory floor to improve efficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"blueprinted",
|
|
"budgeted",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"charted",
|
|
"choreographed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"mapped (out)",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"schemed (out)",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"strategized (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspired",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"machinated",
|
|
"plotted",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"concerted",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"sketched",
|
|
"aimed",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"had on",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"premeditated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desensitized":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"having lived through the horrors of war, the soldiers had seemingly become desensitized to virtually all human suffering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"compassionless",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"pachydermatous",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"slash-and-burn",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"stony",
|
|
"stoney",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"take-no-prisoners",
|
|
"thick-skinned",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unmerciful",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ironfisted",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frosty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"designing":{
|
|
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fraudulent scheme contrived by a group of greedy and designing people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"plotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"proposing",
|
|
"purporting",
|
|
"purposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"hoping",
|
|
"wishing",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"attempting",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"performing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the foreman designed a better layout for the factory floor to improve efficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"blueprinting",
|
|
"budgeting",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"choreographing",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"mapping (out)",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"scheming (out)",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"strategizing (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspiring",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"machinating",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"concerting",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"sketching",
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"premeditating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"designedly":{
|
|
"with full awareness of what one is doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the puzzle was designedly difficult to decipher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advisedly",
|
|
"consciously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"knowingly",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely",
|
|
"purposively",
|
|
"willfully",
|
|
"wittingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculatedly",
|
|
"studiedly",
|
|
"voluntarily",
|
|
"willingly",
|
|
"premeditatedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"incidentally",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"involuntarily",
|
|
"unwillingly",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"spontaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unknowingly",
|
|
"unwittingly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desertions":{
|
|
"the act of abandoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldiers were imprisoned for desertion of their posts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"derelictions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defections",
|
|
"tergiversations",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"dumpings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"retentions",
|
|
"recoupments",
|
|
"repossessions",
|
|
"retrievals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclamations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desolation":{
|
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his desolation after his twin brother died was incurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"dismalness",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"morbidness",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"morosity",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looked out over the vast untamed desolation to the north"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"no-man's-land",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wasteland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badland",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"dust bowl",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open air",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"out-of-doors",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desolation of the abandoned garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dilapidation",
|
|
"disrepair",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"seediness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dumpiness",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"upkeep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nuclear attack resulted in a scene of utter desolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"extinction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"mincemeat",
|
|
"obliteration",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"wastage",
|
|
"wreckage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredation",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"dismantlement",
|
|
"effacement",
|
|
"eradication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"reclamation",
|
|
"reconstruction",
|
|
"re-creation",
|
|
"refurbishment",
|
|
"regeneracy",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"renovation",
|
|
"restoration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiccate":{
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that historian's dryasdust prose desiccates what is actually an exciting period in European history"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castrate",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"devitalize",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"geld",
|
|
"lobotomize",
|
|
"petrify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burn out",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"reanimate",
|
|
"reawake",
|
|
"reawaken",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"reenergize",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"rekindle",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"vivify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dehumidify",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"mummify",
|
|
"shrivel",
|
|
"wither",
|
|
"wizen",
|
|
"air-dry",
|
|
"bake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"rehydrate",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"describing":{
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he tried to describe the dream he had last night as accurately as he could"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"limning",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"portraying",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"setting out",
|
|
"sketching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterizing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"labeling",
|
|
"labelling",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"narrating",
|
|
"reciting",
|
|
"recounting",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"silhouetting",
|
|
"tracing",
|
|
"vignetting",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up",
|
|
"touching off",
|
|
"redescribing",
|
|
"reimaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"misdescribing",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"misstating",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"warping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a biography of Washington that describes the decisive Battle of Yorktown at great length"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"chronicling",
|
|
"narrating",
|
|
"reciting",
|
|
"recounting",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"reeling off",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"voicing",
|
|
"detailing",
|
|
"enumerating",
|
|
"itemizing",
|
|
"particularizing",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"letting on (about)",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"sketching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how would you describe the Inupiat people you encountered in Alaska?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charactering",
|
|
"characterizing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"portraying",
|
|
"representing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"pigeonholing",
|
|
"typing",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"individualizing",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"particularizing",
|
|
"stamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despaired":{
|
|
"to lose all hope or confidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desponded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"sorrowed",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exulted",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"hoped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"perked (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despond":{
|
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he sank into a crushing despond after his wife left him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"dismalness",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"morbidness",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"morosity",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"utter loss of hope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"loss of his job threw him into a deep despond"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"hopelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"resignation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"hopefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose all hope or confidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must not despond even though we live in trying times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"sadden",
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"mourn",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exult",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"hope"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"cheer (up)",
|
|
"perk (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deselects":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll deselect any plan that doesn't put him in total control"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks (at)",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"nixes",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"passes up",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"throws over",
|
|
"turns down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"overrules",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"forswears",
|
|
"foreswears",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"accedes",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"agrees (to)",
|
|
"approves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desanctifying":{
|
|
"to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"desanctified the church building and converted it into condos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrating",
|
|
"desacralizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"desecrating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"violating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"spiritualizing",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"exorcising",
|
|
"exorcizing",
|
|
"expurgating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"sacralizing",
|
|
"sanctifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despoliations":{
|
|
"as in depredations , despoilments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredations",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"extinctions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"mincemeats",
|
|
"obliterations",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wastages",
|
|
"wreckages",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"dismantlements",
|
|
"effacements",
|
|
"eradications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buildings",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"erections",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"salvages",
|
|
"salvations",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"preservations",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"reclamations",
|
|
"reconstructions",
|
|
"re-creations",
|
|
"refurbishments",
|
|
"regeneracies",
|
|
"renovations",
|
|
"restorations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desires":{
|
|
"an earnest request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the delegate's desire , the voice vote on the controversial measure was followed by an actual roll call"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjurations",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"conjurations",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"entreaties",
|
|
"petitions",
|
|
"pleadings",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"prayers",
|
|
"solicitations",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"suppliances",
|
|
"supplications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applications",
|
|
"requisitions",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"insistences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aches (for)",
|
|
"covets",
|
|
"craves",
|
|
"desiderates",
|
|
"dies (for)",
|
|
"hankers (for or after)",
|
|
"hungers (for)",
|
|
"itches (for)",
|
|
"joneses (for)",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"lusts (for or after)",
|
|
"pants (after)",
|
|
"pines (for)",
|
|
"repines (for)",
|
|
"salivates (for)",
|
|
"sighs (for)",
|
|
"thirsts (for)",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"yearns (for)",
|
|
"yens (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoils (for)",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the host desires a response to the dinner invitation by tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asks (for)",
|
|
"bespeaks",
|
|
"calls (for)",
|
|
"pleads (for)",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"speaks (for)",
|
|
"sues (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applies (for)",
|
|
"begs (for)",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"clamors (for)",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"exacts",
|
|
"insists (on)",
|
|
"petitions (for)",
|
|
"presses (for)",
|
|
"requires",
|
|
"requisitions",
|
|
"invites",
|
|
"invokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descants":{
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"soliloquizes",
|
|
"disserts",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"pontificates",
|
|
"sermonizes",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"filibusters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce musical sounds with the voice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"vocalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"croons",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"lilts",
|
|
"quavers",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"sharps",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"trills",
|
|
"trolls",
|
|
"warbles",
|
|
"yodels",
|
|
"serenades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in choruses , croons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arias",
|
|
"arie",
|
|
"art songs",
|
|
"barcaroles",
|
|
"barcarolles",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chansons",
|
|
"chanteys",
|
|
"chanties",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"choruses",
|
|
"croons",
|
|
"folk songs",
|
|
"glees",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"motets",
|
|
"part-songs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"rockers",
|
|
"roundelays",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"serenades",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"ditties",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"solos",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"vocals",
|
|
"anthems",
|
|
"cantatas",
|
|
"canticles",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chorales",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"noels",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"spirituals",
|
|
"dirges",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"requiems",
|
|
"threnodies",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"drinking songs",
|
|
"fight songs",
|
|
"torch songs",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"remixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in notes , remarks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"annotations",
|
|
"explications",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"write-ups",
|
|
"analyses",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"play-by-plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descendant":{
|
|
"bending downward or forward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the descendant branches of a weeping willow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"pendulous",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"stooping",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"upright"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in child":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"child",
|
|
"scion",
|
|
"succeeder",
|
|
"successor",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"claimant",
|
|
"heir apparent",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"coheir",
|
|
"coheiress",
|
|
"heiress",
|
|
"assignee",
|
|
"beneficiary",
|
|
"devisee",
|
|
"grantee",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"heir at law",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"legatee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destine":{
|
|
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"foredoom",
|
|
"foreordain",
|
|
"ordain",
|
|
"predestine",
|
|
"predetermine",
|
|
"preordain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predestinate",
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"predict",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"prognosticate",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"preconceive",
|
|
"prejudge",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"forebode",
|
|
"forbode",
|
|
"portend",
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"foresee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despite":{
|
|
"without being prevented by":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we went to the party despite the bad weather outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"notwithstanding",
|
|
"regardless of",
|
|
"with"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pointedly ignored his false friend out of despite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"contemptuousness",
|
|
"despisement",
|
|
"despitefulness",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"misprision",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"lovelessness",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"deification",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"idolization",
|
|
"lionization",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sheer despite was the sole reason for her hurtful comments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignance",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"viciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"mean-spiritedness",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"bitchery",
|
|
"bitchiness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"baffled as to why working-class voters would vote in despite of their own economic interests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"penalty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"expense",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"prejudice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"favor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descrying":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"digging out",
|
|
"digging up",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"dredging (up)",
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunting (down or up)",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"routing (out)",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"scouting (up)",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"looking for",
|
|
"searching (for or out)",
|
|
"seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"mislaying",
|
|
"misplacing",
|
|
"missetting",
|
|
"mis-setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could just descry the ship coming over the horizon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"looking (at)",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"picking out",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"glancing (at)",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peering (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desecrated":{
|
|
"to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"violated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrated",
|
|
"desacralized",
|
|
"desanctified",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"swore",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"sanctified",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desisted":{
|
|
"as in terminated , discontinued":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"dawned",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came on",
|
|
"emerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despots":{
|
|
"a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the despot exiled political dissidents to remote labor camps, where they were left to rot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caesars",
|
|
"dictators",
|
|
"f\u00fchrers",
|
|
"fuehrers",
|
|
"oppressors",
|
|
"pharaohs",
|
|
"strongmen",
|
|
"tyrannizers",
|
|
"tyrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autarchs",
|
|
"autocrats",
|
|
"monocrats",
|
|
"authoritarians",
|
|
"Big Brothers",
|
|
"paramounts",
|
|
"potentates",
|
|
"totalitarians",
|
|
"caudillos",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"warlords",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"dominators",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"rulers",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"monarchs",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"disciplinarians",
|
|
"discipliners",
|
|
"enforcers",
|
|
"martinets",
|
|
"taskmasters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserving":{
|
|
"having sufficient worth or merit to receive one's honor, esteem, or reward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gifts donated to deserving children every Christmas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"worthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"special"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"undeserving",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team really deserved that victory after the way they played"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"meriting",
|
|
"rating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desanctify":{
|
|
"to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"desanctified the church building and converted it into condos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrate",
|
|
"desacralize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"desecrate",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"violate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canonize",
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"deify",
|
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"venerate",
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"spiritualize",
|
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"chasten",
|
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"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
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"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"expurgate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"sacralize",
|
|
"sanctify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descrambled":{
|
|
"as in unscrambled":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"decrypted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"translated",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
"puzzled (out)",
|
|
"solved",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unriddled",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ciphered",
|
|
"coded",
|
|
"enciphered",
|
|
"encoded",
|
|
"encrypted",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"jumbled (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"designates":{
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the designated time for the meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pins (down)",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"coordinates",
|
|
"orchestrates",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"publishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has yet to designate his successor as head of the firm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"places"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputes",
|
|
"deputizes",
|
|
"anoints",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"inducts",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instates",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"ordains",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
"thrones",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"destines",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"votes (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"dethrones",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"uncrowns",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"unseats"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"fires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was designated \"Air Jordan\" by his fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizes",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"christens",
|
|
"clepes",
|
|
"denominates",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"entitles",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"stigmatizes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"miscalls",
|
|
"misnames",
|
|
"mistitles",
|
|
"code-names",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"rechristens",
|
|
"relabels",
|
|
"renames",
|
|
"surnames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descends":{
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pathway descends to the river bank"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"sinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"leans",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"reclines",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"tilts",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evens",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"uprises",
|
|
"upsweeps",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become worse or of less value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrophies",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"devolves",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"retrogrades",
|
|
"rots",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"worsens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"dilapidates",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"molders",
|
|
"putrefies",
|
|
"sours",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind",
|
|
"wait for the elevator to descend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"nose-dives",
|
|
"plummets",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"tumbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (down)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retreats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alights",
|
|
"disembarks",
|
|
"dismounts",
|
|
"gets down",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplanes",
|
|
"detrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"climbs (aboard)",
|
|
"gets in",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"enplanes",
|
|
"emplanes",
|
|
"entrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embarks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descending":{
|
|
"bending downward or forward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with descending heads the mourners made their way to the burial site"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"pendulous",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"stooping",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"upright"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pathway descends to the river bank"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"sinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angling",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"cocking",
|
|
"heeling",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"planing",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upsweeping",
|
|
"upturning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become worse or of less value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrophying",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"devolving",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"regressing",
|
|
"retrograding",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"worsening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind",
|
|
"wait for the elevator to descend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"tumbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alighting",
|
|
"disembarking",
|
|
"dismounting",
|
|
"getting down",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplaning",
|
|
"detraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"climbing (aboard)",
|
|
"getting in",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"enplaning",
|
|
"emplaning",
|
|
"entraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embarking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destructions":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the violent storm resulted in the destruction of their tree house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"extinctions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"mincemeats",
|
|
"obliterations",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wastages",
|
|
"wreckages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredations",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"despoliations",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"dismantlements",
|
|
"effacements",
|
|
"eradications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"salvages",
|
|
"salvations",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"preservations",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"reclamations",
|
|
"reconstructions",
|
|
"re-creations",
|
|
"refurbishments",
|
|
"regeneracies",
|
|
"renovations",
|
|
"restorations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buildings",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"erections"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"alcohol will be her destruction if we don't intervene to help her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deaths",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"undoings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"Achilles' heels",
|
|
"tragic flaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despicableness":{
|
|
"as in cursedness , deplorableness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accursedness",
|
|
"cursedness",
|
|
"deplorableness",
|
|
"detestableness",
|
|
"execrableness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"ungodliness",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"creepiness",
|
|
"eeriness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"fearsomeness",
|
|
"ghostliness",
|
|
"ghoulishness",
|
|
"scariness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"awfulness",
|
|
"dreadfulness",
|
|
"frightfulness",
|
|
"ghastliness",
|
|
"grisliness",
|
|
"gruesomeness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"horridness",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"hellishness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"pleasurableness",
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desecrations":{
|
|
"an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemies",
|
|
"defilements",
|
|
"impieties",
|
|
"irreverences",
|
|
"profanations",
|
|
"sacrileges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"violations",
|
|
"contaminations",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"pollutions",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"trespasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consecrations",
|
|
"purifications",
|
|
"sanctifications",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"venerations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adorations",
|
|
"glorifications",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desecrator":{
|
|
"as in destroyer , saboteur":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolisher",
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"destroyer",
|
|
"ravager",
|
|
"ruiner",
|
|
"saboteur",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wrecker",
|
|
"defacer",
|
|
"vandal",
|
|
"graffitist",
|
|
"tagger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"preserver",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"saver",
|
|
"conservator",
|
|
"preservationist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"designated":{
|
|
"as in specified , denominated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"christened",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"termed",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"tabbed",
|
|
"titled",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"known",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"well-known",
|
|
"exceptional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"faceless",
|
|
"incognito",
|
|
"innominate",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"unbaptized",
|
|
"unchristened",
|
|
"unidentified",
|
|
"unnamed",
|
|
"untitled",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unspecified",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unheralded",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unsung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the designated time for the meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"pinned (down)",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"orchestrated",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"published"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has yet to designate his successor as head of the firm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"placed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"delegated",
|
|
"deputed",
|
|
"deputized",
|
|
"anointed",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"ordained",
|
|
"crowned",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"throned",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"destined",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"voted (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"deposed",
|
|
"dethroned",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"uncrowned",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"unseated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"fired"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was designated \"Air Jordan\" by his fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"christened",
|
|
"cleped",
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"entitled",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"styled",
|
|
"termed",
|
|
"titled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"branded",
|
|
"stigmatized",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"miscalled",
|
|
"misnamed",
|
|
"mistitled",
|
|
"code-named",
|
|
"nicknamed",
|
|
"rechristened",
|
|
"relabeled",
|
|
"relabelled",
|
|
"renamed",
|
|
"surnamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desert(s)":{
|
|
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the robbers got their just deserts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"comeuppance",
|
|
"correction",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"nemesis",
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"wrath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amnesty",
|
|
"indemnity",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"parole",
|
|
"acquittal",
|
|
"exculpation",
|
|
"exoneration",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impunity",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"forgiveness",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"remitment",
|
|
"condonation",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defects (from)",
|
|
"rats (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abdicates",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"apostatizes",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"clings (to)",
|
|
"sticks (to or with)",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"fosters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"maroons",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"strands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"retreats (from)",
|
|
"takes off (from)",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"withdraws (from)",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"separates (from)",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaims"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despair":{
|
|
"utter loss of hope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the endless drought drove the farmers to despair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"hopelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"resignation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"hopefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being discouraged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the other team's temporary lead caused some momentary despair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demoralization",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"dispiritedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"defeatism",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"resignation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sanguinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"encouragement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose all hope or confidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despond"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"sadden",
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"mourn",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exult",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"hope"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"cheer (up)",
|
|
"perk (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desex":{
|
|
"to remove the sex organs of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"desex the baby chickens destined for market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"neuter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castrate",
|
|
"emasculate",
|
|
"geld",
|
|
"spay",
|
|
"sterilize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desecrating":{
|
|
"as in profane , blasphemous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemous",
|
|
"irreverent",
|
|
"profanatory",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"sacrilegious",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"undutiful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reverent",
|
|
"reverential",
|
|
"worshipful",
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"godly",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sainted",
|
|
"saintly",
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"prayerful",
|
|
"spiritual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in destruction , desecration":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"desecration",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vandalism",
|
|
"vandalization",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"depredation",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"marauding",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"predation",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"spoliation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"violating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrating",
|
|
"desacralizing",
|
|
"desanctifying",
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"swearing",
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"dedicating",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"sanctifying",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desponds":{
|
|
"to lose all hope or confidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must not despond even though we live in trying times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"saddens",
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"hopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"cheers (up)",
|
|
"perks (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desks":{
|
|
"a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city desk of a prominent newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agencies",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bureaus",
|
|
"bureaux",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"services"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subdepartments",
|
|
"sub-departments",
|
|
"subdivisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desponding":{
|
|
"to lose all hope or confidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must not despond even though we live in trying times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despairing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"sorrowing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"hoping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"cheering (up)",
|
|
"perking (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desirableness":{
|
|
"suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"began to question the desirableness of a life of indolence on a tropical isle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advisability",
|
|
"advisableness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"expedience",
|
|
"expediency",
|
|
"judiciousness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageousness",
|
|
"beneficialness",
|
|
"profitability",
|
|
"feasibility",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"usefulness",
|
|
"opportuneness",
|
|
"seasonableness",
|
|
"timeliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"infeasibility",
|
|
"inopportuneness",
|
|
"unseasonableness",
|
|
"untimeliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"inadvisability",
|
|
"inexpedience",
|
|
"inexpediency",
|
|
"injudiciousness",
|
|
"unwisdom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserves":{
|
|
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team really deserved that victory after the way they played"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"merits",
|
|
"rates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entitles",
|
|
"qualifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despotism":{
|
|
"a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by the end of the 20th century many countries around the world had rejected despotism in favor of democracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutism",
|
|
"autarchy",
|
|
"authoritarianism",
|
|
"autocracy",
|
|
"Caesarism",
|
|
"czarism",
|
|
"tsarism",
|
|
"tzarism",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"totalism",
|
|
"totalitarianism",
|
|
"tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monarchism",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"Big Brother",
|
|
"Big Brotherism",
|
|
"Communism",
|
|
"fascism",
|
|
"Nazism",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"oppression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-rule",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despisement":{
|
|
"open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an expression of total despisement for the \"unwashed masses\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"contemptuousness",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"despitefulness",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"misprision",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"lovelessness",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"deification",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"idolization",
|
|
"lionization",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descendants":{
|
|
"as in children":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"children",
|
|
"scions",
|
|
"succeeders",
|
|
"successors",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"claimants",
|
|
"heirs apparent",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"coheiresses",
|
|
"co-heiresses",
|
|
"coheirs",
|
|
"co-heirs",
|
|
"heiresses",
|
|
"assignees",
|
|
"beneficiaries",
|
|
"devisees",
|
|
"grantees",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"heirs at law",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"legatees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desserts":{
|
|
"sweet food eaten after the main part of a meal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She doesn't care for rich desserts .",
|
|
"a chocolate dessert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candies",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"sweetmeats",
|
|
"sweets",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"cates",
|
|
"dainties",
|
|
"delectables",
|
|
"delicacies",
|
|
"goodies",
|
|
"kickshaws",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"viands",
|
|
"morsels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desecrators":{
|
|
"as in destroyers , saboteurs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishers",
|
|
"despoilers",
|
|
"destroyers",
|
|
"ravagers",
|
|
"ruiners",
|
|
"saboteurs",
|
|
"wasters",
|
|
"wreckers",
|
|
"defacers",
|
|
"vandals",
|
|
"graffitists",
|
|
"taggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservers",
|
|
"preservers",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"savers",
|
|
"conservators",
|
|
"preservationists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desert":{
|
|
"land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were lost in the desert for days without food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"no-man's-land",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wasteland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badland",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"dust bowl",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open air",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"out-of-doors",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the robbers got their just deserts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"comeuppance",
|
|
"correction",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"nemesis",
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"wrath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amnesty",
|
|
"indemnity",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"parole",
|
|
"acquittal",
|
|
"exculpation",
|
|
"exoneration",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impunity",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"forgiveness",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"remitment",
|
|
"condonation",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defect (from)",
|
|
"rat (on)",
|
|
"go back on",
|
|
"jump ship",
|
|
"run out on",
|
|
"walk out on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"apostatize",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"cling (to)",
|
|
"stick (to or with)",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"foster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"maroon",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"strand",
|
|
"walk away from",
|
|
"walk out on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"retreat (from)",
|
|
"take off (from)",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"withdraw (from)",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"separate (from)",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaim"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in dry , arid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"dried-up",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"used up",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"uncultivable",
|
|
"untillable",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unfertile",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"arable",
|
|
"tillable",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"sylvan",
|
|
"verdant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despised":{
|
|
"as in hated , loathed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"unfavorite",
|
|
"unbeloved",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"fair-haired",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"white-headed",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dislike strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"approved (of)",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a traitor hated and despised by the whole community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"flouted",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slurred (over)",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"used"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiderated":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wide gulf between what they desiderate and what they deserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ached (for)",
|
|
"coveted",
|
|
"craved",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"died (for)",
|
|
"hankered (for or after)",
|
|
"hungered (for)",
|
|
"itched (for)",
|
|
"jonesed (for)",
|
|
"longed (for)",
|
|
"lusted (for or after)",
|
|
"panted (after)",
|
|
"pined (for)",
|
|
"repined (for)",
|
|
"salivated (for)",
|
|
"sighed (for)",
|
|
"thirsted (for)",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"yearned (for)",
|
|
"yenned (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoiled (for)",
|
|
"spoilt (for)",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despondency":{
|
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in despondency because he couldn't seem to settle into a lasting relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"dismalness",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"morbidness",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"morosity",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being discouraged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in their despondency they seemingly forgot that losing teams can become winning teams in a single season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demoralization",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"dispiritedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"defeatism",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"resignation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sanguinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"encouragement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"utter loss of hope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never once gave into despondency and self-pity during her long recovery from her injuries in the car crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"hopelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"resignation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"hopefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destroyers":{
|
|
"as in saboteurs , wreckers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishers",
|
|
"desecraters",
|
|
"desecrators",
|
|
"despoilers",
|
|
"ravagers",
|
|
"ruiners",
|
|
"saboteurs",
|
|
"wasters",
|
|
"wreckers",
|
|
"defacers",
|
|
"vandals",
|
|
"graffitists",
|
|
"taggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservers",
|
|
"preservers",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"savers",
|
|
"conservators",
|
|
"preservationists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in warships , tankers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aircraft carriers",
|
|
"argosies",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"coasters",
|
|
"colliers",
|
|
"containerships",
|
|
"corvettes",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"flagships",
|
|
"freighters",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"ironclads",
|
|
"lightships",
|
|
"liners",
|
|
"men-of-war",
|
|
"men-o'-war",
|
|
"merchantmen",
|
|
"merchant ships",
|
|
"motor ships",
|
|
"packets",
|
|
"steamers",
|
|
"steamships",
|
|
"superliners",
|
|
"supertankers",
|
|
"tankers",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"warships",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"boats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"ships",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"barques",
|
|
"brigantines",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"caravels",
|
|
"clippers",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"square-riggers",
|
|
"tall ships",
|
|
"windjammers",
|
|
"xebecs",
|
|
"yachts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in devourers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"devourers",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"spongers",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"exploiters",
|
|
"users",
|
|
"bloodsuckers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"harpies",
|
|
"kites",
|
|
"predators",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"vampires",
|
|
"vultures",
|
|
"wolves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prey",
|
|
"preys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiderate":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wide gulf between what they desiderate and what they deserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ache (for)",
|
|
"covet",
|
|
"crave",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"die (for)",
|
|
"hanker (for or after)",
|
|
"hunger (for)",
|
|
"itch (for)",
|
|
"jones (for)",
|
|
"long (for)",
|
|
"lust (for or after)",
|
|
"pant (after)",
|
|
"pine (for)",
|
|
"repine (for)",
|
|
"salivate (for)",
|
|
"sigh (for)",
|
|
"thirst (for)",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"yearn (for)",
|
|
"yen (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoil (for)",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"spurn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desponded":{
|
|
"to lose all hope or confidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must not despond even though we live in trying times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despaired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"sorrowed",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exulted",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"hoped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"perked (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descended (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"bushwhacked",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"set on",
|
|
"sicced",
|
|
"sicked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"turned (on)",
|
|
"went in (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rushed",
|
|
"ganged up (on)",
|
|
"mobbed",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"mugged",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"ambuscaded",
|
|
"ambushed",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"waylaid",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"barraged",
|
|
"cannonaded",
|
|
"cannoned",
|
|
"banged away (at)",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"forayed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"flanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"desperately":{
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all of a sudden everything went desperately wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desolateness":{
|
|
"as in disconsolateness , joylessness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
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"miserableness",
|
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"misery",
|
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"mopes",
|
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"oppression",
|
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"sorrowfulness",
|
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"unhappiness",
|
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"woefulness",
|
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"wretchedness",
|
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"agony",
|
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"distress",
|
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"pain",
|
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"suffering",
|
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"torment",
|
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"contrition",
|
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"guilt",
|
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"regret",
|
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"remorse",
|
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"rue",
|
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"self-reproach",
|
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"shame",
|
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"affliction",
|
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"anguish",
|
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"dolefulness",
|
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"dolor",
|
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"grief",
|
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"heartache",
|
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"heartbreak",
|
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"sorriness",
|
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"sorrow",
|
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"woe",
|
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"melancholia",
|
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"self-pity"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"blessedness",
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"bliss",
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"blissfulness",
|
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"cheer",
|
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"cheerfulness",
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"cheeriness",
|
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"delight",
|
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"ecstasy",
|
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"elatedness",
|
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"elation",
|
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"euphoria",
|
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"exhilaration",
|
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"exuberance",
|
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"exultation",
|
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"felicity",
|
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"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"glee",
|
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"gleefulness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
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"joyfulness",
|
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"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
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"pleasure",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bleakness , barrenness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barrenness",
|
|
"bleakness",
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"availability",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"blankness",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"dryness",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"hollowness",
|
|
"bareness",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"vacancy",
|
|
"vacantness",
|
|
"vacuity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"fulness",
|
|
"completeness",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"fatness",
|
|
"repleteness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desideratum":{
|
|
"something that is needed or wanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a list of political desiderata"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desideration",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"must-have",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"sine qua non",
|
|
"precondition",
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"surplusage",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"nonnecessity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despondent":{
|
|
"feeling or showing no hope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after four days and still no word that the missing plane had been located, the relatives were despondent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"hopeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"resigned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feeling despondent over the death of another close friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"suicidal",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"overjoyed",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"designating":{
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the designated time for the meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"pinning (down)",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"orchestrating",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has yet to designate his successor as head of the firm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"detailing",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"placing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"deputing",
|
|
"deputizing",
|
|
"anointing",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"ordaining",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"throning",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"destining",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"voting (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"dethroning",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"uncrowning",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"unseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"firing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was designated \"Air Jordan\" by his fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizing",
|
|
"baptising",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"christening",
|
|
"cleping",
|
|
"denominating",
|
|
"dubbing",
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"labeling",
|
|
"labelling",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"styling",
|
|
"terming",
|
|
"titling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"branding",
|
|
"stigmatizing",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"miscalling",
|
|
"misnaming",
|
|
"mistitling",
|
|
"code-naming",
|
|
"nicknaming",
|
|
"rechristening",
|
|
"relabeling",
|
|
"relabelling",
|
|
"renaming",
|
|
"surnaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destination":{
|
|
"a duty that is given to a person; a post to which someone is appointed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A destination as department chair was her reward for years of dedicated service."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"election",
|
|
"nomination",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"selection",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"delegation",
|
|
"deputation",
|
|
"emplacement",
|
|
"placement",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"anointing",
|
|
"anointment",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"installment",
|
|
"instalment",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"investiture",
|
|
"investment",
|
|
"ordination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"dethronement",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"eviction",
|
|
"ouster",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"removal",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"dismission",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"firing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"designers":{
|
|
"one who creates or introduces something new":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"credited as the designer of the first sneaker specifically intended for distance running"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrivers",
|
|
"developers",
|
|
"devisers",
|
|
"formulators",
|
|
"innovators",
|
|
"introducers",
|
|
"inventors",
|
|
"originators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"begetters",
|
|
"creators",
|
|
"establishers",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"generators",
|
|
"inaugurators",
|
|
"initiators",
|
|
"instituters",
|
|
"institutors",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"groundbreakers",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"planners",
|
|
"researchers",
|
|
"researchists",
|
|
"builders",
|
|
"makers",
|
|
"producers",
|
|
"dreamers",
|
|
"codevelopers",
|
|
"co-developers",
|
|
"coinventors",
|
|
"co-inventors",
|
|
"coproducers",
|
|
"co-producers",
|
|
"coresearchers",
|
|
"co-researchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apers",
|
|
"copiers",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"duplicators",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"mimics"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiccates":{
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that historian's dryasdust prose desiccates what is actually an exciting period in European history"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castrates",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"devitalizes",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"gelds",
|
|
"lobotomizes",
|
|
"petrifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burns out",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"tuckers (out)",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buoys",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"reanimates",
|
|
"reawakens",
|
|
"reawakes",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"reenergizes",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"rekindles",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"vivifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"sears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dehumidifies",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"mummifies",
|
|
"shrivels",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"wizens",
|
|
"air-dries",
|
|
"bakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"moistens",
|
|
"rehydrates",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dunks",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destinations":{
|
|
"a duty that is given to a person; a post to which someone is appointed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A destination as department chair was her reward for years of dedicated service."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"elections",
|
|
"nominations",
|
|
"selections",
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"delegations",
|
|
"deputations",
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"placements",
|
|
"rankings",
|
|
"anointments",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"inductions",
|
|
"installations",
|
|
"installments",
|
|
"instalments",
|
|
"investitures",
|
|
"investments",
|
|
"ordinations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"depositions",
|
|
"dethronements",
|
|
"ejections",
|
|
"evictions",
|
|
"ousters",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"removals",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"dismissions",
|
|
"expulsions",
|
|
"firings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despoils":{
|
|
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"marauds",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ransacks",
|
|
"sacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks in",
|
|
"burglarizes",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"steals (from)",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"ravishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despoil":{
|
|
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"maraud",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"sack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break in",
|
|
"burglarize",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"steal (from)",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"ravish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descend":{
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pathway descends to the river bank"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"upsweep",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become worse or of less value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrophy",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"devolve",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"better",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind",
|
|
"wait for the elevator to descend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"die (down)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retreat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"disembark",
|
|
"dismount",
|
|
"get down",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplane",
|
|
"detrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"board",
|
|
"climb (aboard)",
|
|
"get in",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"enplane",
|
|
"emplane",
|
|
"entrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embark"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destitution":{
|
|
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"widespread destitution in Third World countries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggary",
|
|
"destituteness",
|
|
"impecuniosity",
|
|
"impecuniousness",
|
|
"impoverishment",
|
|
"indigence",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"neediness",
|
|
"pauperism",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"penury",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"rainy day",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
"insolvency",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"straitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"prosperity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wealthiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"designated hitters":{
|
|
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to be my designated hitter in the office while I'm on business trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backups",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"fill-ins",
|
|
"locum tenentes",
|
|
"pinch hitters",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"replacements",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"stand-ins",
|
|
"subs",
|
|
"substitutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternates",
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"makeshifts",
|
|
"stopgaps",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"assignees",
|
|
"attorneys",
|
|
"commissaries",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"procurators",
|
|
"proxies",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"reps",
|
|
"surrogates",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"relievers",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"successors",
|
|
"superseders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desolations":{
|
|
"land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looked out over the vast untamed desolation to the north"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrens",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"heaths",
|
|
"no-man's-lands",
|
|
"wastelands",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badlands",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"bushes",
|
|
"dust bowls",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"wildernesses",
|
|
"wilds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desolation of the abandoned garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dilapidations",
|
|
"disrepairs",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inattentions",
|
|
"negligences",
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"desertions",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"decrepitudes",
|
|
"derelictions",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"preservations",
|
|
"upkeeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repair"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nuclear attack resulted in a scene of utter desolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"extinctions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"mincemeats",
|
|
"obliterations",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wastages",
|
|
"wreckages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredations",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"despoliations",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"dismantlements",
|
|
"effacements",
|
|
"eradications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"salvages",
|
|
"salvations",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"preservations",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"reclamations",
|
|
"reconstructions",
|
|
"re-creations",
|
|
"refurbishments",
|
|
"regeneracies",
|
|
"renovations",
|
|
"restorations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buildings",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"erections"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiderations":{
|
|
"as in wishes , desiderata":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desiderata",
|
|
"wishes",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"must-haves",
|
|
"musts",
|
|
"necessaries",
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"needfuls",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"requisites",
|
|
"sine qua nons",
|
|
"sine quibus non",
|
|
"preconditions",
|
|
"prerequisites",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"extravagances",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surplusages",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"nonessentials",
|
|
"nonnecessities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserting":{
|
|
"to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defecting (from)",
|
|
"ratting (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"abdicating",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"apostatizing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)",
|
|
"clinging (to)",
|
|
"sticking (to or with)",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"fostering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"marooning",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stranding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"retreating (from)",
|
|
"taking off (from)",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"withdrawing (from)",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"separating (from)",
|
|
"sacrificing",
|
|
"distancing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaiming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despises":{
|
|
"to dislike strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"approves (of)",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a traitor hated and despised by the whole community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"flouts",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slurs (over)",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desertlike":{
|
|
"as in desertic , desert":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"desertic",
|
|
"xerothermic",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"air-dry",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despites":{
|
|
"the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"baffled as to why working-class voters would vote in despite of their own economic interests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"penalties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"deprivations",
|
|
"expenses",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injuries",
|
|
"prejudices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"favors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descrambling":{
|
|
"as in unscrambling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"decrypting",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"translating",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"puzzling (out)",
|
|
"solving",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unriddling",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ciphering",
|
|
"coding",
|
|
"enciphering",
|
|
"encoding",
|
|
"encrypting",
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"jumbling (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desecraters":{
|
|
"as in destroyers , saboteurs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishers",
|
|
"despoilers",
|
|
"destroyers",
|
|
"ravagers",
|
|
"ruiners",
|
|
"saboteurs",
|
|
"wasters",
|
|
"wreckers",
|
|
"defacers",
|
|
"vandals",
|
|
"graffitists",
|
|
"taggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservers",
|
|
"preservers",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"savers",
|
|
"conservators",
|
|
"preservationists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desperateness":{
|
|
"as in desperation , franticness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"franticness",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"tremor",
|
|
"agita",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"concernment",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disquietude",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"nervosity",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"angst",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"placidness",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desirability":{
|
|
"suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desirability of immortality becomes a little less certain after some consideration of the consequences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advisability",
|
|
"advisableness",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"expedience",
|
|
"expediency",
|
|
"judiciousness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageousness",
|
|
"beneficialness",
|
|
"profitability",
|
|
"feasibility",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"usefulness",
|
|
"opportuneness",
|
|
"seasonableness",
|
|
"timeliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"infeasibility",
|
|
"inopportuneness",
|
|
"unseasonableness",
|
|
"untimeliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"inadvisability",
|
|
"inexpedience",
|
|
"inexpediency",
|
|
"injudiciousness",
|
|
"unwisdom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desultory":{
|
|
"lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a desultory search for something of interest on TV"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"catch-as-catch-can",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"chancy",
|
|
"contingent",
|
|
"fluky",
|
|
"flukey",
|
|
"fortuitous",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"lucky",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unintended",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"scattershot",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"sporadic",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"directionless",
|
|
"objectless",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"unsystematic",
|
|
"undirected",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"undiscriminating",
|
|
"unselective"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"orchestrated",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"nonrandom",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"passing from one topic to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a desultory discussion about the news of the day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"digressional",
|
|
"digressionary",
|
|
"digressive",
|
|
"discursive",
|
|
"excursive",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"consistent",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"undeviating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"describes":{
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he tried to describe the dream he had last night as accurately as he could"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"depicts",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"limns",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"portrays",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"sets out",
|
|
"sketches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterizes",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"narrates",
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"recounts",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"vignettes",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"sums up",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"redescribes",
|
|
"reimages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"garbles",
|
|
"misdescribes",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"misstates",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a biography of Washington that describes the decisive Battle of Yorktown at great length"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charts",
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"narrates",
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"recounts",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"tells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"reels off",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"utters",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"enumerates",
|
|
"itemizes",
|
|
"particularizes",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"lets on (about)",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"depicts",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"sketches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how would you describe the Inupiat people you encountered in Alaska?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characterizes",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"depicts",
|
|
"portrays",
|
|
"represents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"pigeonholes",
|
|
"types",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"individualizes",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"particularizes",
|
|
"stamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desists (from)":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ordered to desist from using the copyrighted music without permission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desolate":{
|
|
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a desolate house abandoned many years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"lowery",
|
|
"loury",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sad from lack of companionship or separation from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was less desolate after adopting a rescue dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"friendless",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forsaken",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"solo",
|
|
"unaccompanied",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"sole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accompanied",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"escorted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"left unoccupied or unused":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a desolate mining town that had its brief heyday more than a century ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forsaken",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"unattended",
|
|
"untended",
|
|
"castaway",
|
|
"cast-off",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"idle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaimed",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"retrieved",
|
|
"salvaged",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"rehabbed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"repeopled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wild, desolate plains on which only the hardiest could survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unfertile",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"uncultivable",
|
|
"untillable",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"dried-up",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"used up",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sunbaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arable",
|
|
"tillable",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"sylvan",
|
|
"verdant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"totally desolated the city with aerial bombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"vaporize",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wrack",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scotch",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"unbuild",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"trample",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vandalize",
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"restore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despoilers":{
|
|
"as in robbers , plunderers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"looters",
|
|
"marauders",
|
|
"pillagers",
|
|
"plunderers",
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
"robbers",
|
|
"buccaneers",
|
|
"corsairs",
|
|
"freebooters",
|
|
"pirates",
|
|
"rovers",
|
|
"privateers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in destroyers , saboteurs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishers",
|
|
"desecraters",
|
|
"desecrators",
|
|
"destroyers",
|
|
"ravagers",
|
|
"ruiners",
|
|
"saboteurs",
|
|
"wasters",
|
|
"wreckers",
|
|
"defacers",
|
|
"vandals",
|
|
"graffitists",
|
|
"taggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservers",
|
|
"preservers",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"savers",
|
|
"conservators",
|
|
"preservationists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"designee":{
|
|
"one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the director or a designee shall sign the report"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointee",
|
|
"nominee",
|
|
"selectee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"assignee",
|
|
"licensee",
|
|
"licentiate",
|
|
"permittee",
|
|
"inductee",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"delegatee",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"draftee",
|
|
"endorsee",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desist (from)":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ordered to desist from using the copyrighted music without permission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desperados":{
|
|
"a violent criminal who is not afraid of getting hurt or caught":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A documentary about some notorious desperados of the Wild West."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandits",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"baddies",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"caitiffs",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"evildoers",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"meanies",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"nazis",
|
|
"no-goods",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scalawags",
|
|
"scallywags",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scapegraces",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"varlets",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"villainesses",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"culprits",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"perpetrators",
|
|
"perps",
|
|
"transgressors",
|
|
"sinners",
|
|
"trespassers",
|
|
"wrongdoers",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"jailbirds",
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"innocents",
|
|
"saints",
|
|
"heroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despitefulness":{
|
|
"open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the undisguised despitefulness with which the fashion designer announces his \"10 worst\" list"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"contemptuousness",
|
|
"despisement",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"misprision",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"lovelessness",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"deification",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"idolization",
|
|
"lionization",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dessert":{
|
|
"sweet food eaten after the main part of a meal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She doesn't care for rich desserts .",
|
|
"a chocolate dessert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candy",
|
|
"junket",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetmeat",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"cate",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"kickshaw",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"viand",
|
|
"morsel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destituteness":{
|
|
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the appalling destituteness of the people in that underdeveloped country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggary",
|
|
"destitution",
|
|
"impecuniosity",
|
|
"impecuniousness",
|
|
"impoverishment",
|
|
"indigence",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"neediness",
|
|
"pauperism",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"penury",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"rainy day",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
"insolvency",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"straitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"prosperity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wealthiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desegregation":{
|
|
"as in integration":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"integration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"racialism",
|
|
"racism",
|
|
"apartheid",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"separatism",
|
|
"eugenics"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
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},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"designer":{
|
|
"one who creates or introduces something new":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"credited as the designer of the first sneaker specifically intended for distance running"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contriver",
|
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"developer",
|
|
"deviser",
|
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"formulator",
|
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"innovator",
|
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"introducer",
|
|
"inventor",
|
|
"originator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"begetter",
|
|
"creator",
|
|
"establisher",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"generator",
|
|
"inaugurator",
|
|
"initiator",
|
|
"instituter",
|
|
"institutor",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"groundbreaker",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"planner",
|
|
"researcher",
|
|
"researchist",
|
|
"builder",
|
|
"maker",
|
|
"producer",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"codeveloper",
|
|
"coinventor",
|
|
"coproducer",
|
|
"coresearcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aper",
|
|
"copier",
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"duplicator",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"mimic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that car manufacturer is claiming that their new models are the last word in designer technology"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desuetude":{
|
|
"lack of use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite the long years of desuetude , the old manual typewriter seemed to work just fine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disuse",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inactivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"latency",
|
|
"quiescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"use"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desirable":{
|
|
"sexually attractive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desirable young stars of a television reality show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"vampish",
|
|
"vampy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"suitable for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a desirable location for the new house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advisable",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"tactical",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"utilitarian",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"seasonable",
|
|
"timely",
|
|
"opportunistic",
|
|
"self-seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"profitless",
|
|
"unfeasible",
|
|
"unprofitable",
|
|
"inopportune",
|
|
"unseasonable",
|
|
"untimely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impolitic",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"inadvisable",
|
|
"inexpedient",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"unwise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destined":{
|
|
"as in predestined , fated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fated",
|
|
"foreordained",
|
|
"predestined",
|
|
"predetermined",
|
|
"preordained",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"inexorable",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"unstoppable",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"ineluctable",
|
|
"ineludible",
|
|
"inescapable",
|
|
"inevitable",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unavoidable",
|
|
"unescapable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoidable",
|
|
"evadable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsure",
|
|
"preventable",
|
|
"preventible",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"improbable",
|
|
"unlikely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"fated",
|
|
"foredoomed",
|
|
"foreordained",
|
|
"ordained",
|
|
"predestined",
|
|
"predetermined",
|
|
"preordained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predestinated",
|
|
"augured",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"forecasted",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"predicted",
|
|
"presaged",
|
|
"prognosticated",
|
|
"prophesied",
|
|
"preconceived",
|
|
"prejudged",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"sentenced",
|
|
"boded",
|
|
"foreboded",
|
|
"forboded",
|
|
"portended",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"foreknew",
|
|
"foresaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserters":{
|
|
"a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had orders to find and capture the deserters before they could reveal our location"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"recreants",
|
|
"renegades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"quislings",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"traitresses",
|
|
"traitoresses",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turncoats",
|
|
"abandoners",
|
|
"come-outers",
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"leavers",
|
|
"defiers",
|
|
"insurgents",
|
|
"insurrectionaries",
|
|
"insurrectionists",
|
|
"mutineers",
|
|
"rebels",
|
|
"reds",
|
|
"revolters",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"revolutionizers",
|
|
"discontents",
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
"recusants",
|
|
"refuseniks",
|
|
"refusniks",
|
|
"refusers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"fanatics",
|
|
"militants",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"zealots"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loyalists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despondencies":{
|
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in despondency because he couldn't seem to settle into a lasting relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"dismalness",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"morbidness",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"morosity",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being discouraged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in their despondency they seemingly forgot that losing teams can become winning teams in a single season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demoralization",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"dispiritedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"defeatism",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"resignation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sanguinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"encouragement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"utter loss of hope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never once gave into despondency and self-pity during her long recovery from her injuries in the car crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"hopelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"resignation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"hopefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descramble":{
|
|
"as in unscramble":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"decrypt",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"translate",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"puzzle (out)",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unriddle",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"code",
|
|
"encipher",
|
|
"encode",
|
|
"encrypt",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"jumble (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"describe":{
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he tried to describe the dream he had last night as accurately as he could"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"limn",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"portray",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"sketch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterize",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"narrate",
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"recount",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"vignette",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"redescribe",
|
|
"reimage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"misdescribe",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"misstate",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a biography of Washington that describes the decisive Battle of Yorktown at great length"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"narrate",
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"recount",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"tell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"reel off",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"enumerate",
|
|
"itemize",
|
|
"particularize",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"sketch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how would you describe the Inupiat people you encountered in Alaska?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"characterize",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"portray",
|
|
"represent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"pigeonhole",
|
|
"type",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"individualize",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"particularize",
|
|
"stamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destining":{
|
|
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dooming",
|
|
"fating",
|
|
"foredooming",
|
|
"foreordaining",
|
|
"ordaining",
|
|
"predestining",
|
|
"predetermining",
|
|
"preordaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predestinating",
|
|
"auguring",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"preconceiving",
|
|
"prejudging",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"sentencing",
|
|
"boding",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"forboding",
|
|
"portending",
|
|
"anticipating",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descending (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"bushwhacking",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"going in (on)",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"setting on",
|
|
"siccing",
|
|
"sicking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"turning (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rushing",
|
|
"ganging up (on)",
|
|
"mobbing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"ambuscading",
|
|
"ambushing",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"surprizing",
|
|
"waylaying",
|
|
"blitzing",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"barraging",
|
|
"cannonading",
|
|
"cannoning",
|
|
"banging away (at)",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"foraying",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"flanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"shielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"destines":{
|
|
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"foredooms",
|
|
"foreordains",
|
|
"ordains",
|
|
"predestines",
|
|
"predetermines",
|
|
"preordains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predestinates",
|
|
"augurs",
|
|
"forecasts",
|
|
"foretells",
|
|
"predicts",
|
|
"presages",
|
|
"prognosticates",
|
|
"prophesies",
|
|
"preconceives",
|
|
"prejudges",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"sentences",
|
|
"bodes",
|
|
"forebodes",
|
|
"forbodes",
|
|
"portends",
|
|
"anticipates",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"foreknows",
|
|
"foresees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"design":{
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she always achieves her objective by design rather than by luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"master plan",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"road map",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collusion",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"counterplan",
|
|
"counterstrategy",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactic",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"projet",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"specific(s)",
|
|
"specification(s)",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"formula",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thief had devised an elaborate design to get the invaluable artwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"machination",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterconspiracy",
|
|
"counterplot",
|
|
"frame-up",
|
|
"manipulation",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"cover-up",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"system",
|
|
"collusion",
|
|
"complicity",
|
|
"connivance",
|
|
"conniving",
|
|
"conspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my design in writing to you is to ask for your support"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"aspiration",
|
|
"bourne",
|
|
"bourn",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"goal",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"target",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grail",
|
|
"holy grail",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"destination",
|
|
"terminus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"means",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the curtains have a lovely floral design"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"pattern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the design of the building's lobby encourages the free flow of traffic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"configuration",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"format",
|
|
"getup",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"ordonnance",
|
|
"pattern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"theme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"aspire",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"purpose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"perform"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the foreman designed a better layout for the factory floor to improve efficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"choreograph",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"scheme (out)",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"strategize (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspire",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"machinate",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"premeditate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desacralize":{
|
|
"to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"complained that contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrate",
|
|
"desanctify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"desecrate",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"violate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"spiritualize",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"expurgate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"sacralize",
|
|
"sanctify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despairs":{
|
|
"to lose all hope or confidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desponds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"saddens",
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"hopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"cheers (up)",
|
|
"perks (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descend (on":{
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"bushwhack",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"go in (on)",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"set on",
|
|
"sic",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"turn (on)",
|
|
"beat up on",
|
|
"fly at",
|
|
"go at",
|
|
"light into",
|
|
"pitch into",
|
|
"round on",
|
|
"set at",
|
|
"set upon",
|
|
"tear into"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rush",
|
|
"gang up (on)",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"waylay",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"cannon",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"bang away (at)",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"plaster",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"foray",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"flank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"designate":{
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the designated time for the meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pin (down)",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"orchestrate",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"publish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has yet to designate his successor as head of the firm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"depute",
|
|
"deputize",
|
|
"anoint",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"induct",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"ordain",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"throne",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"destine",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"vote (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"dethrone",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"uncrown",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"unseat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"fire"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was designated \"Air Jordan\" by his fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptize",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"christen",
|
|
"clepe",
|
|
"denominate",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"entitle",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"stigmatize",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"miscall",
|
|
"misname",
|
|
"mistitle",
|
|
"code-name",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"rechristen",
|
|
"relabel",
|
|
"rename",
|
|
"surname"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiderates":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wide gulf between what they desiderate and what they deserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aches (for)",
|
|
"covets",
|
|
"craves",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"dies (for)",
|
|
"hankers (for or after)",
|
|
"hungers (for)",
|
|
"itches (for)",
|
|
"joneses (for)",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"lusts (for or after)",
|
|
"pants (after)",
|
|
"pines (for)",
|
|
"repines (for)",
|
|
"salivates (for)",
|
|
"sighs (for)",
|
|
"thirsts (for)",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"yearns (for)",
|
|
"yens (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoils (for)",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"designees":{
|
|
"one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the director or a designee shall sign the report"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointees",
|
|
"nominees",
|
|
"selectees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candidates",
|
|
"assignees",
|
|
"licensees",
|
|
"licentiates",
|
|
"permittees",
|
|
"inductees",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"delegatees",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"draftees",
|
|
"endorsees",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"selections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desegregating":{
|
|
"as in integrating , reintegrating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"reintegrating",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"secluding",
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"sequestering",
|
|
"quarantining",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desisted (from)":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ordered to desist from using the copyrighted music without permission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"closed (down)",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"kiboshed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"clamped down",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"snuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despise":{
|
|
"to dislike strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"approve (of)",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"love"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a traitor hated and despised by the whole community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"flout",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slur (over)",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desecrater":{
|
|
"as in destroyer , saboteur":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolisher",
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"destroyer",
|
|
"ravager",
|
|
"ruiner",
|
|
"saboteur",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wrecker",
|
|
"defacer",
|
|
"vandal",
|
|
"graffitist",
|
|
"tagger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"preserver",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"saver",
|
|
"conservator",
|
|
"preservationist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dessertspoons":{
|
|
"as in tablespoons , teaspoons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soupspoons",
|
|
"tablespoons",
|
|
"teaspoons",
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"dippers",
|
|
"ladles",
|
|
"scoops",
|
|
"spoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despoilments":{
|
|
"as in depredations , despoliations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredations",
|
|
"despoliations",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"extinctions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"mincemeats",
|
|
"obliterations",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wastages",
|
|
"wreckages",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"dismantlements",
|
|
"effacements",
|
|
"eradications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buildings",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"erections",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"salvages",
|
|
"salvations",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"preservations",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"reclamations",
|
|
"reconstructions",
|
|
"re-creations",
|
|
"refurbishments",
|
|
"regeneracies",
|
|
"renovations",
|
|
"restorations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in deforcements , defalcations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defalcations",
|
|
"embezzlements",
|
|
"misapplications",
|
|
"misappropriations",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"peculations",
|
|
"thefts",
|
|
"appropriations",
|
|
"arrogations",
|
|
"detainers",
|
|
"expropriations",
|
|
"preemptions",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"takeovers",
|
|
"usurpations",
|
|
"annexations",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"confiscations",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"impoundments",
|
|
"repossessions",
|
|
"sequestrations",
|
|
"invasions",
|
|
"occupancies",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"preoccupancies",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"deforcements",
|
|
"disfurnishments",
|
|
"dispossessions",
|
|
"ejections",
|
|
"encroachments",
|
|
"infringements",
|
|
"piracies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despot":{
|
|
"a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the despot exiled political dissidents to remote labor camps, where they were left to rot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caesar",
|
|
"dictator",
|
|
"f\u00fchrer",
|
|
"fuehrer",
|
|
"oppressor",
|
|
"pharaoh",
|
|
"strongman",
|
|
"tyrannizer",
|
|
"tyrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autarch",
|
|
"autocrat",
|
|
"monocrat",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"Big Brother",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"potentate",
|
|
"totalitarian",
|
|
"caudillo",
|
|
"overlord",
|
|
"warlord",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"dominator",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overlord",
|
|
"ruler",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lord",
|
|
"monarch",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"disciplinarian",
|
|
"discipliner",
|
|
"enforcer",
|
|
"martinet",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desk":{
|
|
"a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city desk of a prominent newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agency",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bureau",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"service"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subdepartment",
|
|
"subdivision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserved":{
|
|
"being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a well deserved promotion for a hard worker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"condign",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"merited",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"rightful",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"rhadamanthine",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"square"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incoherent",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"irrelative",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"indefensible",
|
|
"unjustifiable",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"unlawful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeserved",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unjustified",
|
|
"unmerited",
|
|
"unwarranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team really deserved that victory after the way they played"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"merited",
|
|
"rated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entitled",
|
|
"qualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desideration":{
|
|
"as in wish , desideratum":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desideratum",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"must-have",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"sine qua non",
|
|
"precondition",
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"surplusage",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"nonnecessity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desists":{
|
|
"as in terminates , discontinues":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"sets in",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes on",
|
|
"emerges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destinies":{
|
|
"a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I just knew that it wasn't my destiny to end up in a dead-end job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"fortunes",
|
|
"kismets",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"portions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"happenchances",
|
|
"happenstances",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"luck",
|
|
"predestinations",
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desuetudes":{
|
|
"lack of use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite the long years of desuetude , the old manual typewriter seemed to work just fine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disuses",
|
|
"inactivities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"desertions",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"abeyances",
|
|
"dormancies",
|
|
"latencies",
|
|
"quiescences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"designations":{
|
|
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've never given the homemade gadget a proper designation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appellations",
|
|
"appellatives",
|
|
"cognomens",
|
|
"cognomina",
|
|
"compellations",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"monikers",
|
|
"monickers",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"nomenclatures",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptismal names",
|
|
"Christian names",
|
|
"first names",
|
|
"forenames",
|
|
"given names",
|
|
"family names",
|
|
"maiden names",
|
|
"middle names",
|
|
"surnames",
|
|
"matronymics",
|
|
"patronymics",
|
|
"bynames",
|
|
"diminutives",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"hypocorisms",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"sobriquets",
|
|
"soubriquets",
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"aliases",
|
|
"cryptonyms",
|
|
"noms de guerre",
|
|
"noms de plume",
|
|
"pen names",
|
|
"pseudonyms",
|
|
"binomials",
|
|
"monomials",
|
|
"trivial names",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"misnomers",
|
|
"brand names",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"trademarks",
|
|
"trade names"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the surprising designation of an unknown as the running mate raised a few eyebrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"commissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"delegations",
|
|
"deputations",
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"placements",
|
|
"rankings",
|
|
"anointments",
|
|
"inductions",
|
|
"installations",
|
|
"installments",
|
|
"instalments",
|
|
"investitures",
|
|
"investments",
|
|
"ordinations",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"destinations",
|
|
"elections",
|
|
"nominations",
|
|
"selections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"depositions",
|
|
"dethronements",
|
|
"ejections",
|
|
"evictions",
|
|
"ousters",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"dismissions",
|
|
"expulsions",
|
|
"firings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destruction":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the violent storm resulted in the destruction of their tree house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"extinction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"mincemeat",
|
|
"obliteration",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"wastage",
|
|
"wreckage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredation",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"dismantlement",
|
|
"effacement",
|
|
"eradication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"reclamation",
|
|
"reconstruction",
|
|
"re-creation",
|
|
"refurbishment",
|
|
"regeneracy",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"renovation",
|
|
"restoration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"alcohol will be her destruction if we don't intervene to help her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"death",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"undoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"Achilles' heel",
|
|
"tragic flaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despitefully":{
|
|
"in a mean or spiteful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a theater critic known for his despitefully negative reviews"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"cattily",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"malevolently",
|
|
"maliciously",
|
|
"malignantly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"spitefully",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"villainously",
|
|
"virulently",
|
|
"wickedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"deprecatingly",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"acrimoniously",
|
|
"antagonistically",
|
|
"caustically",
|
|
"envyingly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"invidiously",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"rancorously",
|
|
"venomously",
|
|
"vindictively",
|
|
"vituperatively",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"enviously",
|
|
"jealously",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"balefully",
|
|
"caddishly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"evil-mindedly",
|
|
"felly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"kindlessly",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"soullessly",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"ungraciously",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"ill-naturedly",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"diabolically",
|
|
"fiendishly",
|
|
"misanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"feelingly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"sensitively",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"solicitously",
|
|
"soulfully",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"angelically",
|
|
"divinely",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"tenderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"kindly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deselect":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll deselect any plan that doesn't put him in total control"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk (at)",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"nix",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pass up",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"throw over",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"overrule",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"approve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiccating":{
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that historian's dryasdust prose desiccates what is actually an exciting period in European history"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castrating",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"devitalizing",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"lobotomizing",
|
|
"petrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buoying",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"reanimating",
|
|
"reawakening",
|
|
"reawaking",
|
|
"recharging",
|
|
"reenergizing",
|
|
"re-energizing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"rekindling",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"vivifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dehumidifying",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"mummifying",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"wizening",
|
|
"air-drying",
|
|
"baking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"rehydrating",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"wetting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desanctifies":{
|
|
"to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"desanctified the church building and converted it into condos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrates",
|
|
"desacralizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"desecrates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"violates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"spiritualizes",
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"exorcises",
|
|
"exorcizes",
|
|
"expurgates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"sacralizes",
|
|
"sanctifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiderating":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wide gulf between what they desiderate and what they deserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching (for)",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"dying (for)",
|
|
"hankering (for or after)",
|
|
"hungering (for)",
|
|
"itching (for)",
|
|
"jonesing (for)",
|
|
"longing (for)",
|
|
"lusting (for or after)",
|
|
"panting (after)",
|
|
"pining (for)",
|
|
"repining (for)",
|
|
"salivating (for)",
|
|
"sighing (for)",
|
|
"thirsting (for)",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"yearning (for)",
|
|
"yenning (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoiling (for)",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destroy":{
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they practically destroyed the safe in order to get at the money inside",
|
|
"their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"vaporize",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wrack",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scotch",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"unbuild",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"trample",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vandalize",
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"restore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring destruction to (something) through violent action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wildfires destroyed thousands of acres in forests across the state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scourge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"foray",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"maraud",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"vaporize",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"wrack",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overwhelm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regrettably, the veterinarian was forced to destroy the injured horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bump off",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"scrag",
|
|
"snuff",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"martyr",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"euthanize",
|
|
"euthanatize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"nurture"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desanctified":{
|
|
"to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"desanctified the church building and converted it into condos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrated",
|
|
"desacralized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"desecrated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"violated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"spiritualized",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"expurgated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"sacralized",
|
|
"sanctified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descrambles":{
|
|
"as in unscrambles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"decrypts",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"translates",
|
|
"dopes (out)",
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"puzzles (out)",
|
|
"solves",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unriddles",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"codes",
|
|
"enciphers",
|
|
"encodes",
|
|
"encrypts",
|
|
"garbles",
|
|
"jumbles (up)",
|
|
"mixes (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desiderata":{
|
|
"something that is needed or wanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a list of political desiderata"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desiderations",
|
|
"wishes",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"must-haves",
|
|
"musts",
|
|
"necessaries",
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"needfuls",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"requisites",
|
|
"sine qua nons",
|
|
"sine quibus non",
|
|
"preconditions",
|
|
"prerequisites",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"extravagances",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surplusages",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"nonessentials",
|
|
"nonnecessities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descant":{
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"expatiate",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"soliloquize",
|
|
"dissert",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"pontificate",
|
|
"sermonize",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"filibuster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce musical sounds with the voice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"vocalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"croon",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"lilt",
|
|
"quaver",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"trill",
|
|
"troll",
|
|
"warble",
|
|
"yodel",
|
|
"serenade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in chorus , croon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aria",
|
|
"art song",
|
|
"barcarole",
|
|
"barcarolle",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chanson",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"chantey",
|
|
"chanty",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"chorus",
|
|
"croon",
|
|
"folk song",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"motet",
|
|
"part-song",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"rocker",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundelay",
|
|
"serenade",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"ditty",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"solo",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"anthem",
|
|
"cantata",
|
|
"canticle",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chorale",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"noel",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"drinking song",
|
|
"fight song",
|
|
"torch song",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"remix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in note , remark":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"note",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"annotation",
|
|
"explication",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"write-up",
|
|
"analysis",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"play-by-play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"description":{
|
|
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we immediately recognized the man from our cousin's description of him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"delineation",
|
|
"depiction",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"portraiture",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"vignette"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"clarification",
|
|
"elucidation",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"explication",
|
|
"exposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fixes small appliances and other things of that description"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"genre",
|
|
"ilk",
|
|
"kidney",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"type",
|
|
"variety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"model",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"rank(s)",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deselected":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll deselect any plan that doesn't put him in total control"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"passed up",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"threw over",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"approved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dessertspoon":{
|
|
"as in tablespoon , teaspoon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soupspoon",
|
|
"tablespoon",
|
|
"teaspoon",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"dipper",
|
|
"ladle",
|
|
"scoop",
|
|
"spoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destructible":{
|
|
"as in perishable , extinguishable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extinguishable",
|
|
"perishable",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imperishable",
|
|
"indestructible",
|
|
"inextinguishable",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"deathless",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despondently":{
|
|
"as in dejectedly , abjectly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
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|
"despairingly",
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|
"disconsolately",
|
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"dispiritedly",
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|
"downheartedly",
|
|
"low-spiritedly",
|
|
"agonizingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"grievously",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"inconsolably",
|
|
"lugubriously",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"regretfully",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"ruefully",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"wailfully",
|
|
"woefully",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"distressfully",
|
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"distressingly",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"joylessly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"acutely",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"piercingly",
|
|
"poignantly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"hurtfully",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"rancorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"delightedly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"gleefully",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"rejoicingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"dispassionately",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"stoically",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despicably":{
|
|
"as in wretchedly , abominably":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"contemptibly",
|
|
"detestably",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"pitiably",
|
|
"sorrily",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"basely",
|
|
"currishly",
|
|
"dishonorably",
|
|
"ignobly",
|
|
"degenerately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"greatheartedly",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"high-mindedly",
|
|
"honorably",
|
|
"magnanimously",
|
|
"nobly",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"venerably",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"majestically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"descendents":{
|
|
"as in children":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"children",
|
|
"scions",
|
|
"succeeders",
|
|
"successors",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"claimants",
|
|
"heirs apparent",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"coheiresses",
|
|
"co-heiresses",
|
|
"coheirs",
|
|
"co-heirs",
|
|
"heiresses",
|
|
"assignees",
|
|
"beneficiaries",
|
|
"devisees",
|
|
"grantees",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"heirs at law",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"legatees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"destitute":{
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many families were left destitute by the horrible fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lingering drought and a sky destitute of rain clouds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"bereft",
|
|
"devoid",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"fragmental",
|
|
"fragmentary",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"chock-full",
|
|
"chockful",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"rife"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"despoliation":{
|
|
"as in pillaging , plundering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredation",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"marauding",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"robbery",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"piracy",
|
|
"pirating",
|
|
"privateering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"desertion":{
|
|
"the act of abandoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldiers were imprisoned for desertion of their posts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"forsaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defection",
|
|
"tergiversation",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"jettisoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"retention",
|
|
"recoupment",
|
|
"repossession",
|
|
"retrieval"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclamation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |