dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/dul_MWT.json
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{
"dulling":{
"as in numbing , anesthetic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"analgesic",
"anesthetic",
"anesthetizing",
"benumbing",
"deadening",
"numbing",
"calming",
"comforting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"restful",
"settling",
"soothing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"stupefying",
"depressant",
"relaxant",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"drowsy",
"hypnotic",
"narcotic",
"opiate",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somniferous",
"somnolent",
"soporific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stimulant",
"arousing",
"awakening",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bracing",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"stimulative",
"stimulatory"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"the aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumbing",
"blunting",
"cauterizing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"numbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muffling",
"muting",
"toning (down)",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"letting up (on)",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"subduing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"weakening",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"subsiding",
"tapering (off)",
"waning",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lightening",
"abating",
"moderating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"consolidating",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"redoubling",
"stepping up",
"strengthening",
"animating",
"arousing",
"stimulating"
],
"antonyms":[
"sharpening",
"whetting"
]
},
"to make white or lighter by removing color":{
"examples":[
"the painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"blenching",
"decolorizing",
"fading",
"paling",
"snowing",
"washing out",
"whitening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"dimming",
"matting",
"etiolating",
"whitewashing",
"frosting",
"silvering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackening",
"blotching",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"discoloring",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"shading",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"tarnishing",
"variegating",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tingeing",
"tinging",
"tinting",
"burnishing",
"polishing",
"shining"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkening",
"deepening",
"embrowning"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dullness":{
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
"examples":[
"the dullness of the characters in horror movies cannot be overstated"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneheadedness",
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dorkiness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"gormlessness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"thickness",
"vacuity",
"weak-mindedness",
"witlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"feeblemindedness",
"simplemindedness",
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"idiocy",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nincompoopery",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"wackiness",
"zaniness",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"mental deficiency",
"mental retardation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acumen",
"alertness",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonableness",
"soundness",
"validity"
],
"antonyms":[
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"cleverness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"quickness",
"quick-wittedness",
"sharpness",
"smartness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dullsville":{
"someone or something boring":{
"examples":[
"that book is totally dullsville \u2014you'll be asleep by page three"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"drag",
"drip",
"droner",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"snooze",
"snoozer",
"yawn",
"yawner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bummer",
"downer",
"bromide",
"pill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blast",
"gas",
"kick",
"rush",
"upper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dulcified":{
"as in sweetened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sweetened",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"adulated",
"blarneyed",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"soft-soaped",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"endeared (to)",
"ingratiated",
"calmed",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"hushed",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"ired",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"antagonized",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"provoked",
"roused",
"harassed",
"harried",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dulness":{
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
"examples":[
"the dullness of the characters in horror movies cannot be overstated"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneheadedness",
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dorkiness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"gormlessness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"thickness",
"vacuity",
"weak-mindedness",
"witlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"feeblemindedness",
"simplemindedness",
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"idiocy",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nincompoopery",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"wackiness",
"zaniness",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"mental deficiency",
"mental retardation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acumen",
"alertness",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonableness",
"soundness",
"validity"
],
"antonyms":[
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"cleverness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"quickness",
"quick-wittedness",
"sharpness",
"smartness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dullish":{
"as in prosaic , barren":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aseptic",
"barren",
"blah",
"pleasureless",
"prosaic",
"prosy",
"soggy",
"spiritless",
"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"blank",
"earthbound",
"gray",
"grey",
"inanimate",
"pallid",
"pedantic",
"sterile",
"suspenseless",
"undramatic",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"unimaginative",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"longsome",
"palling",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"tepid",
"unexceptional",
"unsurprising",
"vapid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"animating",
"breathtaking",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"suspenseful",
"arresting",
"provocative",
"tantalizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dullard":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"often mistaken for a dullard because he never said much in discussions"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dullards":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"often mistaken for a dullard because he never said much in discussions"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dulcifies":{
"as in sweetens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sweetens",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges",
"quenches",
"sates",
"satiates",
"satisfies",
"adulates",
"blarneys",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"soft-soaps",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"endears (to)",
"ingratiates",
"calms",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"hushes",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"ires",
"maddens",
"outrages",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"antagonizes",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"harasses",
"harries",
"persecutes",
"pesters",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dully":{
"as in dimly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dimly",
"darkly",
"duskily",
"gloomily",
"murkily",
"obscurely",
"somberly",
"cloudily",
"shadily",
"shadowily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"dazzlingly",
"fulgently",
"glowingly",
"incandescently",
"lambently",
"luminously",
"lustrously",
"radiantly",
"splendidly",
"blazingly",
"burningly",
"flamingly",
"blindingly",
"flaringly",
"flickeringly",
"glaringly",
"glitteringly",
"opalescently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sluggishly , inanimately":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inanimately",
"sluggishly",
"tardily",
"halfheartedly",
"idly",
"indolently",
"lazily",
"lethargically",
"slothfully",
"heavily",
"inactively",
"listlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"airily",
"animatedly",
"animately",
"bouncily",
"buoyantly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"high-spiritedly",
"livelily",
"lively",
"perkily",
"pertly",
"snappily",
"sparkily",
"spiritedly",
"sprightly",
"trippingly",
"vivaciously",
"friskily",
"gamesomely",
"playfully",
"skittishly",
"sportively",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"effervescently",
"energetically",
"jazzily",
"racily",
"springily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"dulls":{
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"the aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumbs",
"blunts",
"cauterizes",
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"numbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muffles",
"mutes",
"tones (down)",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lets up (on)",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"debilitates",
"enfeebles",
"weakens",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"subsides",
"tapers (off)",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens",
"abates",
"moderates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifies",
"augments",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"consolidates",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"redoubles",
"steps up",
"strengthens",
"animates",
"arouses",
"stimulates"
],
"antonyms":[
"sharpens",
"whets"
]
},
"to make white or lighter by removing color":{
"examples":[
"the painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanches",
"bleaches",
"blenches",
"decolorizes",
"fades",
"pales",
"snows",
"washes out",
"whitens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightens",
"lightens",
"dims",
"mats",
"mattes",
"matts",
"etiolates",
"whitewashes",
"frosts",
"silvers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackens",
"blotches",
"checkers",
"dapples",
"daubs",
"discolors",
"flecks",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"patterns",
"polychromes",
"shades",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"streaks",
"striates",
"stripes",
"tarnishes",
"variegates",
"colors",
"dyes",
"paints",
"pigments",
"stains",
"tinctures",
"tinges",
"tints",
"burnishes",
"polishes",
"shines"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkens",
"deepens",
"embrowns"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dullsvilles":{
"someone or something boring":{
"examples":[
"that book is totally dullsville \u2014you'll be asleep by page three"
],
"synonyms":[
"bores",
"drags",
"drips",
"droners",
"nudniks",
"nudnicks",
"snoozers",
"snoozes",
"yawners",
"yawns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bummers",
"downers",
"bromides",
"pills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasts",
"gases",
"gasses",
"kicks",
"rushes",
"uppers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dull":{
"lacking sharpness of edge or point":{
"examples":[
"the dull knife just bounced off the skin of the tomato without cutting it"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunt",
"blunted",
"dulled",
"obtuse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dullish",
"rounded",
"smooth",
"even",
"flat",
"flattened",
"level"
],
"near antonyms":[
"jagged",
"needlelike",
"prickly",
"spiked",
"spikelike",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"spiny",
"jabbing",
"lacerating",
"piercing",
"scratching",
"stabbing",
"ultrasharp"
],
"antonyms":[
"cutting",
"edged",
"edgy",
"ground",
"honed",
"keen",
"pointed",
"sharp",
"sharpened",
"whetted"
]
},
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
"examples":[
"a dull dance recital that made us wish that we were someplace else"
],
"synonyms":[
"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aseptic",
"barren",
"blah",
"dullish",
"pleasureless",
"prosaic",
"prosy",
"soggy",
"spiritless",
"blank",
"earthbound",
"gray",
"grey",
"inanimate",
"pallid",
"pedantic",
"sterile",
"suspenseless",
"undramatic",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"unimaginative",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"longsome",
"palling",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"tepid",
"unexceptional",
"unsurprising",
"vapid",
"cumbersome",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"poky",
"pokey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"animating",
"breathtaking",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"suspenseful",
"arresting",
"provocative",
"tantalizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
]
},
"covered over by clouds":{
"examples":[
"dull skies plagued most of our vacation days at the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"hazed",
"hazy",
"heavy",
"lowering",
"louring",
"overcast",
"overclouded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"dusky",
"misty",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"overshadowed",
"sunless",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sunlit",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightened",
"radiant",
"shiny"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless"
]
},
"lacking a surface luster or gloss":{
"examples":[
"a good polish should restore that car's dull finish"
],
"synonyms":[
"dim",
"dulled",
"flat",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tarnished",
"unpolished",
"cloudy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"drab",
"lackluster",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"muddy",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish",
"black",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffed",
"burnished",
"glazed",
"lacquered",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"shellacked",
"varnished",
"satin",
"satiny",
"silken",
"silky",
"slick",
"slippery",
"gemmy",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glittering",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"twinkling",
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"resplendent",
"shining"
],
"antonyms":[
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"sleek"
]
},
"lacking intensity of color":{
"examples":[
"that canvas shirt should fade to an attractive, dull red over time"
],
"synonyms":[
"dulled",
"faded",
"light",
"pale",
"pastel",
"washed-out",
"washy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flat",
"lackluster",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt",
"dim",
"faint",
"dirty",
"muddy",
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"uncolored",
"undyed",
"unpainted",
"unstained",
"blanched",
"bleached",
"washed",
"white",
"whitened",
"gray",
"grey",
"indistinct",
"neutral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"brilliant",
"vibrant",
"vivid",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"stained",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"variegated",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
"antonyms":[
"dark",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich"
]
},
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"examples":[
"the importance of the discovery was lost on the dull minds of his colleagues"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
]
},
"not loud in pitch or volume":{
"examples":[
"a dull roar from the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"quiet",
"soft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead",
"silent",
"still",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"hushed",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"stilly",
"tranquil",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brazen",
"crashing",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident",
"clarion",
"clear",
"trumpetlike"
],
"antonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"overloud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
]
},
"slow to move or act":{
"examples":[
"a dull market for luxury goods this holiday season"
],
"synonyms":[
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambitionless",
"apathetic",
"indolent",
"languorous",
"lazy",
"lazyish",
"listless",
"shiftless",
"slack",
"slothful",
"sluggard",
"sluggardly",
"dormant",
"inanimate",
"motionless",
"resting",
"sedentary",
"static",
"still",
"dead",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"drugged",
"asleep",
"drowsy",
"somnambulant",
"catatonic",
"comatose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busy",
"engaged",
"occupied",
"working",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vigorous",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"assiduous",
"diligent",
"hardworking",
"industrious",
"sedulous"
],
"antonyms":[
"active"
]
},
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"the aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumb",
"blunt",
"cauterize",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"numb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muffle",
"mute",
"tone (down)",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"let up (on)",
"lower",
"reduce",
"subdue",
"debilitate",
"enfeeble",
"weaken",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"subside",
"taper (off)",
"wane",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lighten",
"abate",
"moderate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplify",
"augment",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"consolidate",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"redouble",
"step up",
"strengthen",
"animate",
"arouse",
"stimulate"
],
"antonyms":[
"sharpen",
"whet"
]
},
"to make white or lighter by removing color":{
"examples":[
"the painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanch",
"bleach",
"blench",
"decolorize",
"fade",
"pale",
"snow",
"wash out",
"whiten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brighten",
"lighten",
"dim",
"mat",
"matte",
"matt",
"etiolate",
"whitewash",
"frost",
"silver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacken",
"blotch",
"checker",
"dapple",
"daub",
"discolor",
"fleck",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pattern",
"polychrome",
"shade",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"streak",
"striate",
"stripe",
"tarnish",
"variegate",
"color",
"dye",
"paint",
"pigment",
"stain",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint",
"burnish",
"polish",
"shine"
],
"antonyms":[
"darken",
"deepen",
"embrown"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dulcet":{
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
"examples":[
"although she flashed a dulcet smile, she was secretly seething with resentment"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"dreamy",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"jolly",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"pretty",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"tasty",
"welcome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attractive",
"desirable",
"enviable",
"inviting",
"relishable",
"tempting",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"calming",
"comforting",
"soothing",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"recreative",
"affable",
"amiable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"comfortable",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"goodly",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"kindly",
"personable",
"blissful",
"felicific",
"glad",
"happy",
"joyous",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"intoxicating",
"ecstatic",
"euphoric",
"nirvanic",
"rapturous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominable",
"ghastly",
"god-awful",
"hellish",
"horrid",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revulsive",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"yucky",
"yukky",
"abhorrent",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"odious",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"dull",
"flat",
"insipid",
"irksome",
"stale",
"tedious",
"displeasing",
"dissatisfying",
"depressing",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"deplorable",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"regrettable",
"sorrowful",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"exasperating",
"irritating",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"vexing",
"forbidding",
"hostile",
"intimidating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"pleasureless",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unwelcome"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dulcify":{
"as in sweeten":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeten",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy",
"adulate",
"blarney",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"soft-soap",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"endear (to)",
"ingratiate",
"calm",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"hush",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"madden",
"outrage",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"antagonize",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"put out",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"harass",
"harry",
"persecute",
"pester",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"perturb",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dulcifying":{
"as in sweetening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sweetening",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"sweet-talking",
"wheedling",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"satisfying",
"adulating",
"blarneying",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
"soft-soaping",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"endearing (to)",
"ingratiating",
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"hushing",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"iring",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"antagonizing",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"persecuting",
"pestering",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"duly":{
"in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose":{
"examples":[
"the perpetrators of this outrageous crime will be duly punished"
],
"synonyms":[
"appositely",
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"well",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"tolerably",
"decently",
"decorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"inopportunely",
"unfortunately",
"unseasonably",
"inappositely",
"inaptly",
"irrelevantly",
"awkwardly",
"ungracefully"
],
"antonyms":[
"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"incongruously",
"incorrectly",
"unseemly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"dulled":{
"lacking a surface luster or gloss":{
"examples":[
"it might be best to paint the exposed pipes with a dulled enamel"
],
"synonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"flat",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tarnished",
"unpolished",
"cloudy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"drab",
"lackluster",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"muddy",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish",
"black",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffed",
"burnished",
"glazed",
"lacquered",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"shellacked",
"varnished",
"satin",
"satiny",
"silken",
"silky",
"slick",
"slippery",
"gemmy",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glittering",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"twinkling",
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"resplendent",
"shining"
],
"antonyms":[
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"sleek"
]
},
"lacking intensity of color":{
"examples":[
"the dulled colors and brownish tones are characteristic of this painter's works"
],
"synonyms":[
"dull",
"faded",
"light",
"pale",
"pastel",
"washed-out",
"washy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flat",
"lackluster",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt",
"dim",
"faint",
"dirty",
"muddy",
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"uncolored",
"undyed",
"unpainted",
"unstained",
"blanched",
"bleached",
"washed",
"white",
"whitened",
"gray",
"grey",
"indistinct",
"neutral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"brilliant",
"vibrant",
"vivid",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"stained",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"variegated",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
"antonyms":[
"dark",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich"
]
},
"lacking sharpness of edge or point":{
"examples":[
"the dulled blade of a knife that had been stored in a drawer full of miscellaneous utensils"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunt",
"blunted",
"dull",
"obtuse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dullish",
"rounded",
"smooth",
"even",
"flat",
"flattened",
"level"
],
"near antonyms":[
"jagged",
"needlelike",
"prickly",
"spiked",
"spikelike",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"spiny",
"jabbing",
"lacerating",
"piercing",
"scratching",
"stabbing",
"ultrasharp"
],
"antonyms":[
"cutting",
"edged",
"edgy",
"ground",
"honed",
"keen",
"pointed",
"sharp",
"sharpened",
"whetted"
]
},
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"the aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumbed",
"blunted",
"cauterized",
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"numbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muffled",
"muted",
"toned (down)",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"let up (on)",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"subdued",
"debilitated",
"enfeebled",
"weakened",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"subsided",
"tapered (off)",
"waned",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"abated",
"moderated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"consolidated",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"redoubled",
"stepped up",
"strengthened",
"animated",
"aroused",
"stimulated"
],
"antonyms":[
"sharpened",
"whetted"
]
},
"to make white or lighter by removing color":{
"examples":[
"the painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanched",
"bleached",
"blenched",
"decolorized",
"faded",
"paled",
"snowed",
"washed out",
"whitened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightened",
"lightened",
"dimmed",
"matted",
"etiolated",
"whitewashed",
"frosted",
"silvered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"blotched",
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"discolored",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"polychromed",
"shaded",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotched",
"spotted",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"tarnished",
"variegated",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shone",
"shined"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkened",
"deepened",
"embrowned"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
}
}