10392 lines
203 KiB
JSON
10392 lines
203 KiB
JSON
{
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"down on one's luck":{
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"lacking money or material possessions":{
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"examples":[
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"He's been down on his luck since his business went under."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beggared",
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"beggarly",
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"broke",
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"destitute",
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"dirt-poor",
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"down-and-out",
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"famished",
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"hard up",
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"impecunious",
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"impoverished",
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"indigent",
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"necessitous",
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"needful",
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"needy",
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"pauperized",
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"penniless",
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"penurious",
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"poor",
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"poverty-stricken",
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"skint",
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"threadbare"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deprived",
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"disadvantaged",
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"dispossessed",
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"unaffluent",
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"underprivileged",
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"bankrupt",
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"bankrupted",
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"bust",
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"busted",
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"insolvent",
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"possessionless",
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"ruined",
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"depressed",
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"distressed",
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"hand-to-mouth",
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"hardscrabble",
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"pinched",
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"poorish",
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"reduced",
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"straitened",
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"cash-strapped",
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"low",
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"short",
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"tapped out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comfortable",
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"prosperous"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"affluent",
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"deep-pocketed",
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"fat",
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"fat-cat",
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"flush",
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"moneyed",
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"monied",
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"opulent",
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"rich",
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"silk-stocking",
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"wealthy",
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"well-heeled",
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"well-off",
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"well-to-do"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"down payments":{
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"a first payment that you make when you buy something with an agreement to pay the rest later":{
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"examples":[
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"She made a 10 percent down payment on the car.",
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"We put a down payment on the house."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deposits",
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"earnests",
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"handsels",
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"gages",
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"guarantees",
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"guaranties",
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"pawns",
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"pledges",
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"securities",
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"bails",
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"bonds",
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"sureties",
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"warranties",
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"assurances",
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"oaths",
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"promises",
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"troths",
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"words",
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"commitments",
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"compacts",
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"contracts",
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"covenants",
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"recognizances"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"down-and-out":{
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"lacking bodily strength":{
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"examples":[
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"I'm over the flu, but I still feel down-and-out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"asthenic",
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"debilitated",
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"delicate",
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"effete",
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"enervated",
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"enfeebled",
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"faint",
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"feeble",
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"frail",
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"infirm",
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"languid",
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"low",
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"prostrate",
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"prostrated",
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"sapped",
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"slight",
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"soft",
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"softened",
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"tender",
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"unsubstantial",
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"wasted",
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"weak",
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"weakened",
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"wimpish",
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"wimpy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"challenged",
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"disabled",
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"incapacitated",
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"invalid",
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"paralyzed",
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"broken-down",
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"decrepit",
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"impotent",
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"powerless",
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"breakable",
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"flimsy",
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"fragile",
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"dizzy",
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"groggy",
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"rocky",
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"unsteady",
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"woozy",
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"drained",
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"exhausted",
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"flagging",
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"tired",
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"weary",
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"worn-out",
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"damaged",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"lame",
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"unsound",
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"resistless",
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"susceptible",
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"unresistant",
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"vulnerable",
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"yielding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"able-bodied",
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"athletic",
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"beefy",
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"brawny",
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"fit",
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"husky",
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"muscular",
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"sinewy",
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"strapping",
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"virile",
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"hard",
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"hardy",
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"lusty",
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"red-blooded",
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"robust",
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"sturdy",
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"tough",
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"fortified",
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"hardened",
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"inured",
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"strengthened",
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"toughened",
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"energetic",
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"energized",
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"invigorated",
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"vigorous",
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"vitalized",
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"hale",
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"healthy",
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"sound",
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"capable",
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"competent",
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"convalescing",
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"recovering",
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"recuperating"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"mighty",
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"powerful",
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"rugged",
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"stalwart",
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"stout",
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"strong"
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]
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},
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"lacking money or material possessions":{
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"examples":[
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"a soup kitchen where the down-and-out daily line up for a hot meal"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beggared",
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"beggarly",
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"broke",
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"destitute",
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"dirt-poor",
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"famished",
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"hard up",
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"impecunious",
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"impoverished",
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"indigent",
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"necessitous",
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"needful",
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"needy",
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"pauperized",
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"penniless",
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"penurious",
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"poor",
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"poverty-stricken",
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"skint",
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"threadbare"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deprived",
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"disadvantaged",
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"dispossessed",
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"unaffluent",
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"underprivileged",
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"bankrupt",
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"bankrupted",
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"bust",
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"busted",
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"insolvent",
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"possessionless",
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"ruined",
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"depressed",
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"distressed",
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"hand-to-mouth",
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"hardscrabble",
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"pinched",
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"poorish",
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"reduced",
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"straitened",
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"cash-strapped",
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"low",
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"short",
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"tapped out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comfortable",
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"prosperous"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"affluent",
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"deep-pocketed",
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"fat",
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"fat-cat",
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"flush",
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"moneyed",
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"monied",
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"opulent",
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"rich",
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"silk-stocking",
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"wealthy",
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"well-heeled",
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"well-off",
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"well-to-do"
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]
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},
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"as in have-not , pauper":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"have-not",
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"indigent",
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"pauper",
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"ne'er-do-well",
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"hobo",
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"tramp",
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"vagabond",
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"drifter",
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"roamer",
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"transient",
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"almsman",
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"beggar",
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"mendicant",
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"panhandler",
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"gamine",
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"ragamuffin",
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"urchin",
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"waif",
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"bankrupt",
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"insolvent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"affluent",
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"deep pocket",
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"fat cat",
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"have",
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"moneybags",
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"plutocrat",
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"billionaire",
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"billionairess",
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"gazillionaire",
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"millionaire",
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"millionairess",
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"magnate",
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"moneymaker",
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"nabob",
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"success",
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"tycoon"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"down-at-heel":{
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"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
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"examples":[
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"the stately mansion where he lives now is a far cry from the down-at-the-heels triple-decker in which he grew up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beat-up",
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"bombed-out",
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"dilapidated",
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"dog-eared",
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"dumpy",
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"grungy",
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"mangy",
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"mean",
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"miserable",
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"moth-eaten",
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"neglected",
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"ratty",
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"run-down",
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"scrubby",
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"scruffy",
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"seedy",
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"shabby",
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"sleazy",
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"tacky",
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"tatterdemalion",
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"tatty",
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"threadbare",
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"timeworn",
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"tumbledown"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abandoned",
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"unkept",
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"desolate",
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"forlorn",
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"godforsaken",
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"broken-down",
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"decrepit",
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"tired",
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"worn-out",
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"bedraggled",
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"dingy",
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"ragged",
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"tattered",
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"decaying",
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"deteriorated",
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"deteriorating",
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"rackety",
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"ramshackle",
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"rattletrap",
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"rickety",
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"broken",
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"damaged",
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"destroyed",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"ruined",
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"wrecked"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brand-new",
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"fresh",
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"new",
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"cared-for",
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"kept-up",
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"maintained",
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"mended",
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"patched",
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"rebuilt",
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"reconstructed",
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"smart",
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"spiffy",
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"spruce"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"down-to-earthness":{
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"the absence of any feelings of being better than others":{
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"examples":[
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"we were pleasantly surprised by the quiet down-to-earthness and self-deprecating humor of the billionaire"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"demureness",
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"humbleness",
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"humility",
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"lowliness",
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"meekness",
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"modesty"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acquiescence",
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"compliance",
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"deference",
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"passivity",
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"resignedness",
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"submission",
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"submissiveness",
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"ingenuousness",
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"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
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"naivete",
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"naivet\u00e9",
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"directness",
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"plainness",
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"simpleness",
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"bashfulness",
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"diffidence",
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"mousiness",
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"quietness",
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"reserve",
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"reservedness",
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"retiringness",
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"sheepishness",
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"shyness",
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"timidity",
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"timidness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aggressiveness",
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"assertiveness",
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"attitude",
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"audaciousness",
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"boldness",
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"brashness",
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"brassiness",
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"cheek",
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"cheekiness",
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"cockiness",
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"cocksureness",
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"forwardness",
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"overconfidence",
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"swagger",
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"swash",
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"temerity",
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"impertinence",
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"impudence",
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"insolence",
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"nerve",
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"sauciness",
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"boastfulness",
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"chest-thumping",
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"self-applause",
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"self-assumption",
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"self-centeredness",
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"self-complacency",
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"self-conceit",
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"self-glorification",
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"self-importance",
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"self-opinion",
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"self-partiality",
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"self-satisfaction",
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"vaingloriousness",
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"vanity",
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"condescension",
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"disdain",
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"scorn",
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"flamboyance",
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"ostentation",
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"ostentatiousness",
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"showiness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"arrogance",
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"assumption",
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"bumptiousness",
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"conceit",
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"egoism",
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"egotism",
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"haughtiness",
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"hauteur",
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"huffiness",
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"imperiousness",
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"loftiness",
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"lordliness",
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"peremptoriness",
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"pomposity",
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"pompousness",
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"presumptuousness",
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"pretense",
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"pretence",
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"pretension",
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"pretentiousness",
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"pride",
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"pridefulness",
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"superciliousness",
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"superiority",
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"toploftiness"
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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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"downbeat":{
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"emphasizing or expecting the worst":{
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"examples":[
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"a downbeat prediction for the company's sales performance in the upcoming year"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bearish",
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"defeatist",
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"despairing",
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"hopeless",
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"pessimistic"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cynical",
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"fatalistic",
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"nihilist",
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"nihilistic",
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"desperate",
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"discouraging",
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"disheartening",
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"inauspicious",
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"unlikely",
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"unpromising",
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"bleak",
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"cheerless",
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"comfortless",
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"depressing",
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"desolate",
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"dismal",
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"dreary",
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"funereal",
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"gloomy",
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"morose",
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"saturnine",
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"sepulchral",
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"somber",
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"sombre",
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"sullen",
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"grim",
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"contrary",
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"hostile",
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"negative"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"auspicious",
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"bright",
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"encouraging",
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"fair",
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"golden",
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"heartening",
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"likely",
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"promising",
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"propitious",
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"cheering",
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"comforting",
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"reassuring",
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"favorable",
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"good",
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"positive",
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"idealist",
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"romantic",
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"utopian",
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"visionary",
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"cheerful",
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"cheery",
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"chipper",
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"sunny"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"hopeful",
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"optimistic",
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"Panglossian",
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"Pollyanna",
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"Pollyannaish",
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"Pollyannish",
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"rose-colored",
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"rosy",
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"upbeat"
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]
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},
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"as in slowdown , downturn":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"downdraft",
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"downswing",
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"downtrend",
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"downturn",
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"slowdown",
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"stagnation",
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"bust",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downcast":{
|
|
"directed down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her downcast gaze made us realize that she was shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downward",
|
|
"lowered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm always a little downcast on rainy days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downdraft":{
|
|
"as in slowdown , downturn":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downbeat",
|
|
"downswing",
|
|
"downtrend",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"slowdown",
|
|
"stagnation",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downfalls":{
|
|
"something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an insatiable love of money would be their downfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deaths",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"undoings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"Achilles' heels",
|
|
"tragic flaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a change to a lower state or level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gradual downfall of the Roman Empire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decadences",
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"degenerations",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolades",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"devolutions",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark ages",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"sunsets",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"abasements",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"de-escalations",
|
|
"deflations",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"an ill-advised speech that proved to be the cause of the candidate's downfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comedowns",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolades",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"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 steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ducked under an overhang to shelter ourselves from the sudden downfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"downpours",
|
|
"rainfalls",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"rainstorms",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precipitations",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"thundershowers",
|
|
"thunderstorms",
|
|
"weathers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downheartedly":{
|
|
"as in dejectedly , abjectly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despairingly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downheartedness":{
|
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his downheartedness lasted until another girl came along and won his heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downpours":{
|
|
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the downpour was so heavy that we were soaked by the time we got to the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"rainfalls",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"rainstorms",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precipitations",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"thundershowers",
|
|
"thunderstorms",
|
|
"weathers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downs":{
|
|
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hold a festival on the downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"campo",
|
|
"champaign",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"llano",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"pampa",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prairie",
|
|
"savanna",
|
|
"savannah",
|
|
"steppe",
|
|
"tundra",
|
|
"veld",
|
|
"veldt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"field",
|
|
"meadow",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"bottomland",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lowland",
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tableland",
|
|
"upland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"downed his opponent with one stunning blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"prostrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayoes",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"throws down",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"downing slices of pizza and guzzling bottles of soda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gets down",
|
|
"ingests",
|
|
"swallows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"knocks back",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"gobbles (up or down)",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"ingurgitates",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"mouths (down)",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"scarfs",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"wolfs",
|
|
"chews",
|
|
"gnaws (at or on)",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"munches",
|
|
"nibbles (on)",
|
|
"pecks (at)",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"polishes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all attempts to ban indoor smoking had been downed by the town council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"nixes",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"vetoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"blacklists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"ratifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downsized":{
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company downsized its overseas operations in an attempt to cut costs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downscaled",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"truncated",
|
|
"whittled",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"modulated",
|
|
"qualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downtime":{
|
|
"a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a knee operation that could result in months of downtime for the ski racer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"time-out",
|
|
"winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"breather",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"latency",
|
|
"quiescence",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downtrend":{
|
|
"as in slump , downturn":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"de-escalation",
|
|
"deflation",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downslide",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolade",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"devolution",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"dark age",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"restoration",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upswing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downtrodden":{
|
|
"suffering grave abuse or injustice at the hands of one in authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a war that was supposed to liberate the downtrodden citizens of that nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tyrannized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeaten",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"hopeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downer":{
|
|
"something (as a situation or event) that is depressing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that story of drug addiction was a real downer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"mishap",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"calamity",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"misfortune",
|
|
"tragedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pick-me-up",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"upper"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downy":{
|
|
"smooth or delicate in appearance or feel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the downy surface of a ripe peach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cottony",
|
|
"satin",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"silklike",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"velvetlike",
|
|
"velvety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creamy",
|
|
"chiffon",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"ultrasoft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"pebbly",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"grainy",
|
|
"granular",
|
|
"gritty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scratchy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down the line":{
|
|
"firm in one's allegiance to someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a down-the-line supporter of the Republican Party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"dyed-in-the-wool",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"sworn",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"serious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"irresponsible",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"untrue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in all the way , at length":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all the way",
|
|
"at length",
|
|
"down to the ground",
|
|
"for fair",
|
|
"in whole",
|
|
"to bits",
|
|
"to pieces",
|
|
"to the hilt",
|
|
"to the max",
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downswing":{
|
|
"as in slowdown , downturn":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downbeat",
|
|
"downdraft",
|
|
"downtrend",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"slowdown",
|
|
"stagnation",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downhills":{
|
|
"a downward slope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most runners will have their best splits on the downhills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"declivities",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downstairs":{
|
|
"on or to a lower floor of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He ran downstairs to answer the door.",
|
|
"He lives downstairs from us."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"downhill",
|
|
"below",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downward",
|
|
"downwards",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"facedown",
|
|
"low"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloft",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"upward",
|
|
"upwards",
|
|
"upwardly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downswings":{
|
|
"as in slowdowns , downturns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downbeats",
|
|
"downdrafts",
|
|
"downtrends",
|
|
"downturns",
|
|
"slowdowns",
|
|
"stagnations",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"recessions",
|
|
"slumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"recoveries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downsize":{
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company downsized its overseas operations in an attempt to cut costs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downscale",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"truncate",
|
|
"whittle",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"modulate",
|
|
"qualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downslides":{
|
|
"as in downturns , slumps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"de-escalations",
|
|
"deflations",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"downtrends",
|
|
"downturns",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"decadences",
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"degenerations",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolades",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"devolutions",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"dark ages",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"sunsets",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"abasements",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"evolutions",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"renewals",
|
|
"restorations",
|
|
"revitalizations",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"upswings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downsides":{
|
|
"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the downside of living in the country is, of course, the long commute to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debits",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"disbenefits",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"incommodities",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"minuses",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"albatrosses",
|
|
"millstones",
|
|
"strangleholds",
|
|
"disabilities",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"shortcomings",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"vantages",
|
|
"head starts",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"ascendancies",
|
|
"ascendencies",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"superiorities",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"transcendences",
|
|
"upper hands",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"opportunities",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downslide":{
|
|
"as in downturn , slump":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"de-escalation",
|
|
"deflation",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downtrend",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolade",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"devolution",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"dark age",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"restoration",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upswing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down-and-outer":{
|
|
"lacking bodily strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm over the flu, but I still feel down-and-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenic",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wimpish",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"groggy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"woozy",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"resistless",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"virile",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"red-blooded",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a soup kitchen where the down-and-out daily line up for a hot meal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in have-not , pauper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"have-not",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"pauper",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"drifter",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"almsman",
|
|
"beggar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"panhandler",
|
|
"gamine",
|
|
"ragamuffin",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"waif",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"insolvent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep pocket",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrat",
|
|
"billionaire",
|
|
"billionairess",
|
|
"gazillionaire",
|
|
"millionaire",
|
|
"millionairess",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"moneymaker",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"tycoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downhearted":{
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"downhearted because his best friend was taking a job out of state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down(s)":{
|
|
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hold a festival on the downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"campo",
|
|
"champaign",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"llano",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"pampa",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prairie",
|
|
"savanna",
|
|
"savannah",
|
|
"steppe",
|
|
"tundra",
|
|
"veld",
|
|
"veldt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"field",
|
|
"meadow",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"bottomland",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lowland",
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tableland",
|
|
"upland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"downed his opponent with one stunning blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"prostrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayoes",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"throws down",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"downing slices of pizza and guzzling bottles of soda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gets down",
|
|
"ingests",
|
|
"swallows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"knocks back",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"gobbles (up or down)",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"ingurgitates",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"mouths (down)",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"scarfs",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"wolfs",
|
|
"chews",
|
|
"gnaws (at or on)",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"munches",
|
|
"nibbles (on)",
|
|
"pecks (at)",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"polishes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all attempts to ban indoor smoking had been downed by the town council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"nixes",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"vetoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"blacklists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"ratifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downwind":{
|
|
"being in the direction that the wind is blowing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were downwind of the deer, so it couldn't smell us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"leeward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"upwind",
|
|
"windward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downside":{
|
|
"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the downside of living in the country is, of course, the long commute to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debit",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"disbenefit",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"incommodity",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"millstone",
|
|
"stranglehold",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"vantage",
|
|
"head start",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"ascendancy",
|
|
"ascendency",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"transcendence",
|
|
"upper hand",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"opportunity",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downplaying":{
|
|
"to reduce in apparent importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"soft-pedaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underplaying",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"denigrating",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"derogating",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"kissing off",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"poor-mouthing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"talking down",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"trash-talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerating",
|
|
"overdoing",
|
|
"overdrawing",
|
|
"overstating",
|
|
"elaborating",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"melodramatizing",
|
|
"overemphasizing",
|
|
"overplaying",
|
|
"sensationalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dowse":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those soccer hooligans need a sound douse or two from a police officer's club"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in those days a gentleman would douse his hat when going indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doff",
|
|
"peel (off)",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"take off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"husk",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"kick (off)",
|
|
"disrobe",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"undress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"don",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"slip (into)",
|
|
"throw (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"douse the campfire before leaving in the morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"suffocate",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snub (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"stub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"light"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heavy rains thoroughly doused the tourists strolling the town streets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"bedraggle",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wet down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bedew",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"moisturize",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"hose (down)",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"lave",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"rehydrate",
|
|
"rewash",
|
|
"rewet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewater",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"freeze-dry",
|
|
"drip-dry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"douse the grapes in water to remove any grit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downwards":{
|
|
"directed down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fishermen keep watch for the downward plunge of seabirds diving for food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"lowered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"toward or in a lower position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at this point the river flows gently downward to the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"below",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facedown",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"downhill",
|
|
"downstairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"up",
|
|
"upward",
|
|
"upwards",
|
|
"upwardly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dowries":{
|
|
"money or property that a wife or wife's family gives to her husband when the wife and husband marry in some cultures":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dowers",
|
|
"endowments",
|
|
"bestowals",
|
|
"comps",
|
|
"donations",
|
|
"donatives",
|
|
"fairings",
|
|
"freebies",
|
|
"freebees",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"handsels",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"largesses",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"benevolences",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"contributions",
|
|
"doles",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"oblations",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"tithes",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"care packages",
|
|
"foys",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"remembrances",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"valentines",
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"courtesies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"generosities",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"gratuities",
|
|
"propines",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"rewards",
|
|
"bequests",
|
|
"legacies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down-to-earth":{
|
|
"not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were all impressed by how down-to-earth the movie star turned out to be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"aw-shucks",
|
|
"self-deprecating",
|
|
"self-deprecatory",
|
|
"self-effacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swelled-headed",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a down-to-earth guidance counselor who is frank in telling students which colleges they're likely to get into"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"idealless",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"utilitarian",
|
|
"commonsensical",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"bottom-line",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"tough-minded",
|
|
"unromantic",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"disillusioned",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"distrustful",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"imaginative",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rose-colored",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"unsuspicious",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blue-sky",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down on":{
|
|
"having a natural dislike for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't understand why Louise is so down on mushrooms. They're delicious!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allergic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"averse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"unwilling",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"uncongenial",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"revolted",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"squeamish",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"tickled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downgrade":{
|
|
"a change to a lower state or level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singing career on the downgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolade",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"devolution",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark age",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"de-escalation",
|
|
"deflation",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downslide",
|
|
"downtrend",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"restoration",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upswing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a downward slope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gentle downgrade of the parking area is designed for drainage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declivity",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downhill",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hanging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"hollow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glacis",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"gradient",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"tilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclivity",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"uphill",
|
|
"uprise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"increased automation resulted in many jobs in the factory being downgraded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demote",
|
|
"disrate",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"lower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hire"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's filing for Chapter 11 downgraded the stock to the point where it was selling for pennies a share"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"devaluate",
|
|
"devalue",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"mark down",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"write down",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"demonetize",
|
|
"underestimate",
|
|
"underprice",
|
|
"underrate",
|
|
"undervalue",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloat",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"overestimate",
|
|
"overprice",
|
|
"overrate",
|
|
"overvalue",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"mark up",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in downhill , downstairs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downhill",
|
|
"downstairs",
|
|
"below",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downward",
|
|
"downwards",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"facedown",
|
|
"low"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloft",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"upward",
|
|
"upwards",
|
|
"upwardly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downtowns":{
|
|
"as in midtowns , inner cities":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"core cities",
|
|
"inner cities",
|
|
"midtowns",
|
|
"central cities",
|
|
"edge cities",
|
|
"garden cities",
|
|
"exurbs",
|
|
"suburbias",
|
|
"suburbs",
|
|
"urban sprawls",
|
|
"conurbations",
|
|
"boroughs",
|
|
"asphalt jungles",
|
|
"burgs",
|
|
"cities",
|
|
"cosmopolises",
|
|
"megacities",
|
|
"megalopolises",
|
|
"metropolises",
|
|
"municipalities",
|
|
"towns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downsizing":{
|
|
"as in firing , sack":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"bum's rush",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"heave-ho",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"pink slip",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"shakeout",
|
|
"shake-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"callback",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"reemployment",
|
|
"rehire",
|
|
"rehiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company downsized its overseas operations in an attempt to cut costs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downscaling",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"truncating",
|
|
"whittling",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"modulating",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downscaling":{
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor economy forced the plant to downscale production"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"truncating",
|
|
"whittling",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"modulating",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downgrading":{
|
|
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"increased automation resulted in many jobs in the factory being downgraded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demoting",
|
|
"disrating",
|
|
"reducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"lowering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's filing for Chapter 11 downgraded the stock to the point where it was selling for pennies a share"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuating",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"devaluating",
|
|
"devaluing",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"marking down",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"writing down",
|
|
"writing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"demonetizing",
|
|
"underestimating",
|
|
"underpricing",
|
|
"underrating",
|
|
"undervaluing",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"shrinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloating",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"overestimating",
|
|
"overpricing",
|
|
"overrating",
|
|
"overvaluing",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"marking up",
|
|
"upgrading"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downscaled":{
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor economy forced the plant to downscale production"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"truncated",
|
|
"whittled",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"modulated",
|
|
"qualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down-and-outers":{
|
|
"as in have-nots , paupers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"have-nots",
|
|
"indigents",
|
|
"paupers",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"hoboes",
|
|
"hobos",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"vagabonds",
|
|
"drifters",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"transients",
|
|
"almsmen",
|
|
"beggars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"panhandlers",
|
|
"gamines",
|
|
"ragamuffins",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"waifs",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"insolvents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affluents",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"haves",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrats",
|
|
"billionaires",
|
|
"billionairesses",
|
|
"gazillionaires",
|
|
"millionaires",
|
|
"millionairesses",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moneymakers",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"tycoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down and dirty":{
|
|
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoisting aloft the down and dirty sign that we had just made, we joined the protest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad hoc",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"extemporary",
|
|
"extempore",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improvisational",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unscripted",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"rehearsed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down-at-the-heels":{
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stately mansion where he lives now is a far cry from the down-at-the-heels triple-decker in which he grew up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dowsed":{
|
|
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shook the water out of her thoroughly doused hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in those days a gentleman would douse his hat when going indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doffed",
|
|
"peeled (off)",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"took off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"husked",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"kicked (off)",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"undressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"rigged",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"donned",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"slipped (into)",
|
|
"threw (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"douse the campfire before leaving in the morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"snuffed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"suffocated",
|
|
"blew out",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snubbed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"stubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heavy rains thoroughly doused the tourists strolling the town streets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soddened",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"wet down",
|
|
"wetted down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bedewed",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"misted",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"moisturized",
|
|
"showered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"hosed (down)",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"rehydrated",
|
|
"rewashed",
|
|
"rewet",
|
|
"rewetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatered",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"drip-dried",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"douse the grapes in water to remove any grit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downbeats":{
|
|
"as in slowdowns , downturns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downdrafts",
|
|
"downswings",
|
|
"downtrends",
|
|
"downturns",
|
|
"slowdowns",
|
|
"stagnations",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"recessions",
|
|
"slumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"recoveries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downing":{
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"downed his opponent with one stunning blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"prostrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayoing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"KO'ing",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"throwing down",
|
|
"toppling",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"downing slices of pizza and guzzling bottles of soda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"getting down",
|
|
"ingesting",
|
|
"swallowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"knocking back",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gobbling (up or down)",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"ingurgitating",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"mouthing (down)",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"scarfing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"wolfing",
|
|
"chewing",
|
|
"gnawing (at or on)",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"munching",
|
|
"nibbling (on)",
|
|
"pecking (at)",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"polishing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all attempts to ban indoor smoking had been downed by the town council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"vetoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"blacklisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"ratifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downgraded":{
|
|
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"increased automation resulted in many jobs in the factory being downgraded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoted",
|
|
"disrated",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"lowered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hired"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's filing for Chapter 11 downgraded the stock to the point where it was selling for pennies a share"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"devaluated",
|
|
"devalued",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"marked down",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"wrote down",
|
|
"wrote off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"demonetized",
|
|
"underestimated",
|
|
"underpriced",
|
|
"underrated",
|
|
"undervalued",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"overestimated",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"overrated",
|
|
"overvalued",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"marked up",
|
|
"upgraded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downdrafts":{
|
|
"as in slowdowns , downturns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downbeats",
|
|
"downswings",
|
|
"downtrends",
|
|
"downturns",
|
|
"slowdowns",
|
|
"stagnations",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"recessions",
|
|
"slumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"recoveries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down":{
|
|
"toward or in a lower position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stairs went down to the basement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"below",
|
|
"downward",
|
|
"downwards",
|
|
"over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facedown",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"downhill",
|
|
"downstairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"up",
|
|
"upward",
|
|
"upwards",
|
|
"upwardly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"from this or that place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"came down from New York for the weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"away",
|
|
"fro",
|
|
"hence",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"aside",
|
|
"elsewhere",
|
|
"abroad",
|
|
"afar",
|
|
"afield",
|
|
"astray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"brought or having come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eight down and two to go"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"over with",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"through",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"uncompleted",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unfinished"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"directed down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a down escalator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downward",
|
|
"lowered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feeling a bit down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"down with the flu"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"indisposed",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"symptomatic",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"qualmish",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"squeamish",
|
|
"airsick",
|
|
"carsick",
|
|
"seasick",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"woozy",
|
|
"achy",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"hypochondriac",
|
|
"hypochondriacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"well-conditioned",
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being in working order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while my computer was down , I attended to some unfinished odds and ends lying about my cubicle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"malfunctioning",
|
|
"nonfunctional",
|
|
"nonfunctioning",
|
|
"nonoperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"deadlocked",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"nonproductive",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"viable",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"operant",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small jazz club that showcases some really down musicians"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a comforter filled with goose down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"floss",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"lint",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"pile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a situation or event) that is depressing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lately it's been one down after another in my life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"downer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"mishap",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"calamity",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"misfortune",
|
|
"tragedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pick-me-up",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"upper"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't understand why she'd have such a down against me; we've never even spoken to each other!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grievance",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"score"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"umbrage",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"rancor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a strong feeling of not liking or approving":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for years after the war her grandfather had an unshakable down on the Germans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"mislike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"dissatisfaction",
|
|
"jaundice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"use"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suffered with a psychological disorder in which she alternated between emotional ups and downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"nosedive",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"headway",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"betterment",
|
|
"improvement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a loss of status":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"experienced the ups and downs of a career in showbiz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolade",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flameout",
|
|
"G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"burnout",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"meltdown",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"setback",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"humiliation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"headway",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"prime"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizement",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hold a festival on the downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"campo",
|
|
"champaign",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"llano",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"pampa",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prairie",
|
|
"savanna",
|
|
"savannah",
|
|
"steppe",
|
|
"tundra",
|
|
"veld",
|
|
"veldt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"field",
|
|
"meadow",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"bottomland",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lowland",
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tableland",
|
|
"upland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"downed his opponent with one stunning blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"prostrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"throw down",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"downing slices of pizza and guzzling bottles of soda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"get down",
|
|
"ingest",
|
|
"swallow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"knock back",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"gobble (up or down)",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"ingurgitate",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"mouth (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"scarf",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"chew",
|
|
"gnaw (at or on)",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"munch",
|
|
"nibble (on)",
|
|
"peck (at)",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"polish off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all attempts to ban indoor smoking had been downed by the town council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"nix",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"veto"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"blacklist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"ratify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downplayed":{
|
|
"to reduce in apparent importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"soft-pedaled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underplayed",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"cried down",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"denigrated",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"derogated",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"kissed off",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"poor-mouthed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"talked down",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"trash-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"overdid",
|
|
"overdrew",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"melodramatized",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"sensationalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down-at-the-heel":{
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stately mansion where he lives now is a far cry from the down-at-the-heels triple-decker in which he grew up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dowers":{
|
|
"as in endowments , dowries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dowries",
|
|
"endowments",
|
|
"bestowals",
|
|
"comps",
|
|
"donations",
|
|
"donatives",
|
|
"fairings",
|
|
"freebies",
|
|
"freebees",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"handsels",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"largesses",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"benevolences",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"contributions",
|
|
"doles",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"oblations",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"tithes",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"care packages",
|
|
"foys",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"remembrances",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"valentines",
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"courtesies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"generosities",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"gratuities",
|
|
"propines",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downplays":{
|
|
"to reduce in apparent importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"soft-pedals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underplays",
|
|
"understates",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"cries down",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"denigrates",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"derogates",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"kisses off",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"poor-mouths",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"talks down",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"trash-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerates",
|
|
"overdoes",
|
|
"overdraws",
|
|
"overstates",
|
|
"elaborates",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"melodramatizes",
|
|
"overemphasizes",
|
|
"overplays",
|
|
"sensationalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down-and-outs":{
|
|
"as in have-nots , paupers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"have-nots",
|
|
"indigents",
|
|
"paupers",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"hoboes",
|
|
"hobos",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"vagabonds",
|
|
"drifters",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"transients",
|
|
"almsmen",
|
|
"beggars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"panhandlers",
|
|
"gamines",
|
|
"ragamuffins",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"waifs",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"insolvents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affluents",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"haves",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrats",
|
|
"billionaires",
|
|
"billionairesses",
|
|
"gazillionaires",
|
|
"millionaires",
|
|
"millionairesses",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moneymakers",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"tycoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dowses":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those soccer hooligans need a sound douse or two from a police officer's club"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"uppercuts",
|
|
"crunchers",
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"pastings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in those days a gentleman would douse his hat when going indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doffs",
|
|
"peels (off)",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"takes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"husks",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"kicks (off)",
|
|
"disrobes",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"undresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"attires",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"garbs",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dons",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"slips (into)",
|
|
"throws (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"douse the campfire before leaving in the morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"suffocates",
|
|
"blows out",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snubs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"stubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heavy rains thoroughly doused the tourists strolling the town streets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"bedraggles",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"soddens",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"wets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bedews",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"moistens",
|
|
"moisturizes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"hoses (down)",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"irrigates",
|
|
"laves",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"dunks",
|
|
"rehydrates",
|
|
"rewashes",
|
|
"rewets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewaters",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"freeze-dries",
|
|
"drip-dries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"sears"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"douse the grapes in water to remove any grit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"dunks",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"moistens",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down-home":{
|
|
"having or showing an unpretentious informality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her down-home patter as she prepares comfort foods goes over well with television viewers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cracker-barrel",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"homespun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"colloquial",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"fireside",
|
|
"intimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downsizes":{
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company downsized its overseas operations in an attempt to cut costs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downscales",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"truncates",
|
|
"whittles",
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"modulates",
|
|
"qualifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downright":{
|
|
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rural folks are often known for their downright speech, as they are generally not ones to beat around the bush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short-spoken",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"mealymouthed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's a downright lie, and you know it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in absolutely , plain":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"stone-cold",
|
|
"unqualifiedly",
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"predominately",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dowdily":{
|
|
"in a careless or unfashionable manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed hurriedly and dowdily to go do her workout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sloppily",
|
|
"slovenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotically",
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"modishly",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
|
"fussily",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"sprucely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downtown":{
|
|
"as in midtown , inner city":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"core city",
|
|
"inner city",
|
|
"midtown",
|
|
"central city",
|
|
"edge city",
|
|
"garden city",
|
|
"exurb",
|
|
"suburb",
|
|
"suburbia",
|
|
"urban sprawl",
|
|
"conurbation",
|
|
"borough",
|
|
"asphalt jungle",
|
|
"burg",
|
|
"city",
|
|
"cosmopolis",
|
|
"megacity",
|
|
"megalopolis",
|
|
"metropolis",
|
|
"municipality",
|
|
"town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the downtown clientele of this bistro come to be seen, and the food is only an afterthought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"def",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"hep",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"turned-on",
|
|
"with-it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"voguish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"out",
|
|
"uncool",
|
|
"unhip",
|
|
"untrendy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down-to-the-wire":{
|
|
"showing little difference in the standing of the competitors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a down-to-the-wire contest for the pennant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"hairbreadth",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"neck and neck",
|
|
"nip and tuck",
|
|
"tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crowded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downturns":{
|
|
"a situation in which something (such as business or economic activity) decreases or becomes worse \u2014 usually singular":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an economic downturn",
|
|
"There's been a downturn in the housing market."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"de-escalations",
|
|
"deflations",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"downslides",
|
|
"downtrends",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"decadences",
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"degenerations",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolades",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"devolutions",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"dark ages",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"sunsets",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"abasements",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"evolutions",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"renewals",
|
|
"restorations",
|
|
"revitalizations",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"upswings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downplay":{
|
|
"to reduce in apparent importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"soft-pedal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underplay",
|
|
"understate",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"derogate",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"poor-mouth",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"talk down",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trash-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerate",
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overdraw",
|
|
"overstate",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"melodramatize",
|
|
"overemphasize",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"sensationalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down in the mouth":{
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a disastrous date like that, anyone would be down in the mouth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down payment":{
|
|
"a first payment that you make when you buy something with an agreement to pay the rest later":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She made a 10 percent down payment on the car.",
|
|
"We put a down payment on the house."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"handsel",
|
|
"gage",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"guaranty",
|
|
"pawn",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"warranty",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"oath",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"recognizance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dowdy":{
|
|
"lacking neatness in dress or person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dowdy old matron"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowsy",
|
|
"blowzy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"slobbish",
|
|
"slobby",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dowdy , beat-up furniture at the cheap motel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"ticky-tacky",
|
|
"ticky-tack",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"kitschy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"posh",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"tasteful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downward":{
|
|
"directed down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fishermen keep watch for the downward plunge of seabirds diving for food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"lowered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"toward or in a lower position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at this point the river flows gently downward to the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"below",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facedown",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"downhill",
|
|
"downstairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"up",
|
|
"upward",
|
|
"upwards",
|
|
"upwardly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down-at-heels":{
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stately mansion where he lives now is a far cry from the down-at-the-heels triple-decker in which he grew up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downfall":{
|
|
"something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an insatiable love of money would be their downfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"death",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"undoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"Achilles' heel",
|
|
"tragic flaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a change to a lower state or level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gradual downfall of the Roman Empire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolade",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"devolution",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark age",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"de-escalation",
|
|
"deflation",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downslide",
|
|
"downtrend",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"restoration",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upswing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a loss of status":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ill-advised speech that proved to be the cause of the candidate's downfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolade",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flameout",
|
|
"G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"burnout",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"meltdown",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"setback",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"humiliation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"headway",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"prime"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizement",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ducked under an overhang to shelter ourselves from the sudden downfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"downpour",
|
|
"rain",
|
|
"rainfall",
|
|
"rainstorm",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"thundershower",
|
|
"thunderstorm",
|
|
"weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downtrends":{
|
|
"as in slumps , downturns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"de-escalations",
|
|
"deflations",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"downslides",
|
|
"downturns",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"decadences",
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"degenerations",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolades",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"devolutions",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"dark ages",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"sunsets",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"abasements",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"evolutions",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"renewals",
|
|
"restorations",
|
|
"revitalizations",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"upswings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downscale":{
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor economy forced the plant to downscale production"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"truncate",
|
|
"whittle",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"modulate",
|
|
"qualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in down-market , d\u00e9class\u00e9":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"d\u00e9class\u00e9",
|
|
"down-market",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"working-class",
|
|
"bourgeois",
|
|
"middle-class",
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lowborn",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"low-life",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"lumpen",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"prole",
|
|
"proletarian",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"prominent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downed":{
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"downed his opponent with one stunning blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"prostrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayoed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"KO'd",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"threw down",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"downing slices of pizza and guzzling bottles of soda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"got down",
|
|
"ingested",
|
|
"swallowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drank",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"knocked back",
|
|
"sipped",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"gobbled (up or down)",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"ingurgitated",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"mouthed (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"supped",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"scarfed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"wolfed",
|
|
"chewed",
|
|
"gnawed (at or on)",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"munched",
|
|
"nibbled (on)",
|
|
"pecked (at)",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"polished off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all attempts to ban indoor smoking had been downed by the town council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"vetoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"blacklisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"ratified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downers":{
|
|
"something (as a situation or event) that is depressing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that story of drug addiction was a real downer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"fatalities",
|
|
"mishaps",
|
|
"woes",
|
|
"calamities",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"misfortunes",
|
|
"tragedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pick-me-ups",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uppers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downgrades":{
|
|
"a change to a lower state or level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singing career on the downgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decadences",
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"degenerations",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolades",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"devolutions",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark ages",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"sunsets",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"abasements",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"de-escalations",
|
|
"deflations",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"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 downward slope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gentle downgrade of the parking area is designed for drainage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"declivities",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"increased automation resulted in many jobs in the factory being downgraded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demotes",
|
|
"disrates",
|
|
"reduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"lowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hires"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's filing for Chapter 11 downgraded the stock to the point where it was selling for pennies a share"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuates",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"devaluates",
|
|
"devalues",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"marks down",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"writes down",
|
|
"writes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"demonetizes",
|
|
"underestimates",
|
|
"underprices",
|
|
"underrates",
|
|
"undervalues",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"shrinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloats",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"overestimates",
|
|
"overprices",
|
|
"overrates",
|
|
"overvalues",
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"marks up",
|
|
"upgrades"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downtimes":{
|
|
"a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a knee operation that could result in months of downtime for the ski racer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"layoffs",
|
|
"time-outs",
|
|
"winters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breathers",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"interruptions",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"abeyances",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dormancies",
|
|
"latencies",
|
|
"quiescences",
|
|
"suspenses",
|
|
"suspensions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downshift":{
|
|
"a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are promising indications of a turnaround in the prolonged economic downshift"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"deceleration",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"retardation",
|
|
"slowdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceleration",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"quickening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downshifts":{
|
|
"a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are promising indications of a turnaround in the prolonged economic downshift"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decelerations",
|
|
"letups",
|
|
"retardations",
|
|
"slowdowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"remissions",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accelerations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downscales":{
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor economy forced the plant to downscale production"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"truncates",
|
|
"whittles",
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"modulates",
|
|
"qualifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down to the ground":{
|
|
"to a full extent or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"That haircut suits her down to the ground ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"stone-cold",
|
|
"unqualifiedly",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"predominately",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dowagers":{
|
|
"a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town's dowagers frequently shake their heads over the younger generation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dames",
|
|
"grandes dames",
|
|
"grande dames",
|
|
"matriarchs",
|
|
"matrons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grandams",
|
|
"grandames",
|
|
"headmistresses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"materfamiliases",
|
|
"mamas",
|
|
"mammas",
|
|
"mommas",
|
|
"mammies",
|
|
"mas",
|
|
"moms",
|
|
"mothers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dowry":{
|
|
"money or property that a wife or wife's family gives to her husband when the wife and husband marry in some cultures":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dower",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"fairing",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"handsel",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"dole",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"oblation",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"tithe",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"care package",
|
|
"foy",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"valentine",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"propine",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"reward",
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"legacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down-the-line":{
|
|
"firm in one's allegiance to someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a down-the-line supporter of the Republican Party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"dyed-in-the-wool",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"sworn",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"serious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"irresponsible",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"untrue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in all the way , at length":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all the way",
|
|
"at length",
|
|
"down to the ground",
|
|
"for fair",
|
|
"in whole",
|
|
"to bits",
|
|
"to pieces",
|
|
"to the hilt",
|
|
"to the max",
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"down-market":{
|
|
"as in downscale , d\u00e9class\u00e9":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"d\u00e9class\u00e9",
|
|
"downscale",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"working-class",
|
|
"bourgeois",
|
|
"middle-class",
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lowborn",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"low-life",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"lumpen",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"prole",
|
|
"proletarian",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"prominent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dowager":{
|
|
"a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town's dowagers frequently shake their heads over the younger generation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dame",
|
|
"grande dame",
|
|
"matriarch",
|
|
"matron"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grandam",
|
|
"grandame",
|
|
"headmistress",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"materfamilias",
|
|
"ma",
|
|
"mama",
|
|
"mamma",
|
|
"momma",
|
|
"mammy",
|
|
"mom",
|
|
"mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dowsing":{
|
|
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in those days a gentleman would douse his hat when going indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doffing",
|
|
"peeling (off)",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"taking off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"husking",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"kicking (off)",
|
|
"disrobing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"undressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"appareling",
|
|
"apparelling",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"attiring",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"garbing",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"robing",
|
|
"suiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"donning",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"slipping (into)",
|
|
"throwing (on)"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"to cause to cease burning":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"douse the campfire before leaving in the morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"blowing out",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
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"snubbing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"stubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heavy rains thoroughly doused the tourists strolling the town streets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"bedraggling",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"wetting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bedewing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"moisturizing",
|
|
"showering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"hosing (down)",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"laving",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"rehydrating",
|
|
"rewashing",
|
|
"rewetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatering",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"freeze-drying",
|
|
"drip-drying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"douse the grapes in water to remove any grit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dower":{
|
|
"as in endowment , dowry":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dowry",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"fairing",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"handsel",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"dole",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"oblation",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"tithe",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"care package",
|
|
"foy",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"valentine",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"propine",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downturn":{
|
|
"a situation in which something (such as business or economic activity) decreases or becomes worse \u2014 usually singular":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an economic downturn",
|
|
"There's been a downturn in the housing market."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"de-escalation",
|
|
"deflation",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downslide",
|
|
"downtrend",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolade",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"devolution",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"dark age",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"restoration",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upswing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downhill":{
|
|
"involving minimal difficulty or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the project should be all downhill after this problem is fixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unchallenging",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"toilful",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a downward slope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most runners will have their best splits on the downhills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declivity",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hanging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"hollow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glacis",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"gradient",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"tilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclivity",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"uphill",
|
|
"uprise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in downstairs , downgrade":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"downstairs",
|
|
"below",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downward",
|
|
"downwards",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"facedown",
|
|
"low"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloft",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"upward",
|
|
"upwards",
|
|
"upwardly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"downpour":{
|
|
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the downpour was so heavy that we were soaked by the time we got to the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"rain",
|
|
"rainfall",
|
|
"rainstorm",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"thundershower",
|
|
"thunderstorm",
|
|
"weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |