4427 lines
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4427 lines
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{
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"let up (on)":{
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"as in reduce , decrease":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decrease",
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"diminish",
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"lessen",
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"lower",
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"reduce",
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"subdue",
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"muffle",
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"mute",
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"tone (down)",
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"debilitate",
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"enfeeble",
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"weaken",
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"benumb",
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"blunt",
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"cauterize",
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"damp",
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"dampen",
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"deaden",
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"dull",
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"numb",
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"dwindle",
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"recede",
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"subside",
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"taper (off)",
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"wane",
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"alleviate",
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"ease",
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"lighten",
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"abate",
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"moderate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"sharpen",
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"whet",
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"amplify",
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"augment",
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"beef (up)",
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"boost",
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"consolidate",
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"deepen",
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"enhance",
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"heighten",
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"intensify",
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"magnify",
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"redouble",
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"step up",
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"strengthen",
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"animate",
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"arouse",
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"stimulate"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"letting go":{
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"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
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"examples":[
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"It's time to let go of the past."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"loosening",
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"loosing",
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"releasing",
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"uncorking",
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"unleashing",
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"unlocking",
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"unloosening",
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"unloosing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"discharging",
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"emancipating",
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"enfranchising",
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"freeing",
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"liberating",
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"manumitting",
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"springing",
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"unbinding",
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"uncaging",
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"unchaining",
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"unfettering",
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"unmooring",
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"unshackling",
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"airing",
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"expressing",
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"taking out",
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"venting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"handcuffing",
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"manacling",
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"shackling",
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"trammeling",
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"trammelling",
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"binding",
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"confining",
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"enchaining",
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"fettering",
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"haltering",
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"hampering"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bridling",
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"checking",
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"constraining",
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"containing",
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"controlling",
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"curbing",
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"governing",
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"holding",
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"inhibiting",
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"regulating",
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"reining (in)",
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"restraining",
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"smothering",
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"taming"
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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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"letting on":{
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"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
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"examples":[
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"she's not half as innocent as she likes to let on"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dissembling",
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"dissimulating",
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"making out",
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"pretending"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acting",
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"impersonating",
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"masquerading",
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"playacting",
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"playing",
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"posing",
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"affecting",
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"assuming",
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"counterfeiting",
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"faking",
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"feigning",
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"professing",
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"putting on",
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"shamming",
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"simulating",
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"camouflaging",
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"concealing",
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"disguising",
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"masking",
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"bluffing",
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"feinting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"letting on (about)":{
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"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
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"examples":[
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"we agreed not to let on about our marriage plans to anyone"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baring",
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"disclosing",
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"discovering",
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"divulging",
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"exposing",
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"revealing",
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"spilling",
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"telling",
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"unbosoming",
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"uncloaking",
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"uncovering",
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"unmasking",
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"unveiling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"confiding",
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"sharing",
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"debunking",
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"showing up",
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"unclothing",
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"undraping",
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"advertising",
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"announcing",
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"blazing",
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"bringing out",
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"broadcasting",
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"declaring",
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"placarding",
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"posting",
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"proclaiming",
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"promulgating",
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"publicizing",
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"publishing",
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"sounding",
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"betraying",
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"blabbing",
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"giving away",
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"leaking",
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"informing",
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"squealing",
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"talking",
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"communicating",
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"imparting",
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"relating",
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"acknowledging",
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"admitting",
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"avowing",
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"conceding",
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"confessing",
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"owning",
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"disinterring",
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"raking up",
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"smoking out",
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"unearthing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"camouflaging",
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"disguising",
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"gilding",
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"glossing (over)",
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"varnishing",
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"whitewashing",
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"beclouding",
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"bedimming",
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"befogging",
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"clouding",
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"darkening",
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"eclipsing",
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"obscuring",
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"overcasting",
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"overshadowing",
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"shading"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cloaking",
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"concealing",
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"covering (up)",
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"enshrouding",
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"hiding",
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"masking",
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"shrouding",
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"veiling"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"letup":{
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"a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something":{
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"examples":[
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"the downpour continued for hours without letup"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"braking",
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"deceleration",
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"downshift",
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"retardation",
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"slowdown"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decline",
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"drop",
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"slump",
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"ebb",
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"remission",
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"retreat",
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"wane",
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"flagging",
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"weakening",
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"arrest",
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"check",
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"halt",
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"stoppage",
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"collapse",
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"crash",
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"fall",
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"plunge"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"acceleration",
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"hastening",
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"quickening"
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]
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},
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"to come to an end":{
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"examples":[
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"the rain let up just as we reached the house"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"break off",
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"break up",
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"cease",
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"close",
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"conclude",
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"dead-end",
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"determine",
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"die",
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"discontinue",
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"elapse",
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"end",
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"expire",
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"finish",
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"go",
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"halt",
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"lapse",
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"leave off",
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"pass",
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"quit",
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"stop",
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"terminate",
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"wind up",
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"wink (out)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"desist (from)",
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"lay off (of)",
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"refrain (from)",
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"give over",
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"knock off",
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"pack (up or in)",
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"break down",
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"conk (out)",
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"cut out",
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"stall",
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"pause",
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"stay",
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"suspend",
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"abate",
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"peter (out)",
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"wind down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"draw out",
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"extend",
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"prolong",
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"protract"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"continue",
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"hang on",
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"persist"
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]
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},
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"examples":[
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"the windmill slowed down as the wind let up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abate",
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"de-escalate",
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"decline",
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"decrease",
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"die (away or down or out)",
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"diminish",
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"drain (away)",
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"drop (off)",
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"dwindle",
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"ease",
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"ebb",
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"fall",
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"fall away",
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"lessen",
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"lower",
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"moderate",
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"pall",
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"phase down",
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"ratchet (down)",
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"rachet (down)",
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"recede",
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"relent",
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"remit",
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"shrink",
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"subside",
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"taper",
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"taper off",
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"wane"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"compress",
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"condense",
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"constrict",
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"contract",
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"evaporate",
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"fade (away)",
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"fritter (away)",
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"give out",
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"melt (away)",
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"peter (out)",
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"tail (off)",
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"vanish",
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"slacken",
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"slow (down)",
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"alleviate",
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"relax",
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"flag",
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"sink",
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"weaken",
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"cave (in)",
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"collapse",
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"deflate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"appear",
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"emerge",
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"show up",
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"blow up",
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"distend",
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"elongate",
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"lengthen"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"accumulate",
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"balloon",
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"build",
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"burgeon",
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"bourgeon",
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"enlarge",
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"escalate",
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"expand",
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"grow",
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"increase",
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"intensify",
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"mount",
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"mushroom",
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"pick up",
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"rise",
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"snowball",
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"soar",
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"swell",
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"wax"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"letting down":{
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"to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of":{
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"examples":[
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"with my poor performance I really felt that I had let my teammates down"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cheating",
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"disappointing",
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"dissatisfying",
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"failing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bumming (out)",
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"chagrining",
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"discontenting",
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"disgruntling",
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"displeasing",
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"distressing",
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"upsetting",
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"disenchanting",
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"disillusioning",
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"deceiving",
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"deluding",
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"mocking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fulfilling",
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"gladdening"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"contenting",
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"gratifying",
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"satisfying"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lets on":{
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"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
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"examples":[
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"she's not half as innocent as she likes to let on"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dissembles",
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"dissimulates",
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"makes out",
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"pretends"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acts",
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"impersonates",
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"masquerades",
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"playacts",
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"plays",
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"poses",
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"affects",
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"assumes",
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"counterfeits",
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"fakes",
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"feigns",
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"professes",
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"puts on",
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"shams",
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"simulates",
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"camouflages",
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"conceals",
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"disguises",
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"masks",
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"bluffs",
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"feints"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"letting fly":{
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"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
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"examples":[
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"The pitcher let fly one of his famous fastballs."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"casting",
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"catapulting",
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"chucking",
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"dashing",
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"firing",
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"flinging",
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"heaving",
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"hurling",
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"hurtling",
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"launching",
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"lobbing",
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"lofting",
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"pegging",
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"pelting",
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"pitching",
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"slinging",
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"throwing",
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"tossing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bowling",
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"darting",
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"flipping",
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"gunning",
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"hooking",
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"passing",
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"rolling",
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"shooting",
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"bucking",
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"ejecting",
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"impelling",
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"precipitating",
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"projecting",
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"propelling",
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"rifling",
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"thrusting"
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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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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"letdown":{
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"the emotion felt when one's expectations are not met":{
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"examples":[
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"the museum exhibit was just so-so, and we returned home with a vague sense of letdown"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"disappointment",
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"dismay",
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"dissatisfaction",
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"frustration"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crestfallenness",
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"discontent",
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"discontentedness",
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"discontentment",
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"disgruntlement",
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"displeasure",
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"disenchantment",
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"disillusionment",
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"blues",
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"dejectedness",
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"dejection",
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"depression",
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"desolateness",
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"desolation",
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"despondency",
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"disconsolateness",
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"distress",
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"doldrums",
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"dolefulness",
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"dolor",
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"downheartedness",
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"dreariness",
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"dumps",
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"gloom",
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"gloominess",
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"joylessness",
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"melancholy",
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"mopes",
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"oppression",
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"sadness",
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"sorrow",
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"unhappiness",
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"chagrin",
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"discomfiture"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fulfillment",
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"fulfilment",
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"bliss",
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"felicity",
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"gladness",
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"happiness",
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"joy"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"content",
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"contentedness",
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"contentment",
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"gratification",
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"satisfaction"
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]
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},
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"something that disappoints":{
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"examples":[
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"the eagerly anticipated new movie starring our favorite actor turned out to be a big letdown"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bringdown",
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"bummer",
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"disappointment"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticlimax",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"success",
|
|
"winner",
|
|
"relief"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with my poor performance I really felt that I had let my teammates down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"dissatisfy",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum (out)",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"disgruntle",
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"mock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"gladden"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lethargy":{
|
|
"physical or mental inertness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor suspected that the patient's depression and lethargy were a result of seasonal affective disorder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hebetude",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"stupor",
|
|
"torpor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"malaise",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"narcosis",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"enterprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"vivacity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"let the cat out of the bag (about)":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unbosom",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"leak",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"disinter",
|
|
"rake up",
|
|
"smoke out",
|
|
"unearth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"letch":{
|
|
"a strong wish for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden letch for chocolate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"thirstiness",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"impulsion",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"caco\u00ebthes",
|
|
"mania"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexual appetite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they clearly have a letch for each other, but it might not develop into anything more lasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concupiscence",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"eroticism",
|
|
"horniness",
|
|
"hots",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"lech",
|
|
"libidinousness",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"lustfulness",
|
|
"lustihood",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"salaciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"libido",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"rut",
|
|
"erotomania",
|
|
"hypersexuality",
|
|
"lecherousness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"nymphomania",
|
|
"satyriasis",
|
|
"venery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"celibacy",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letting someone know":{
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"briefing",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"clueing (in)",
|
|
"cluing (in)",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"filling in",
|
|
"hipping",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"versing",
|
|
"wising (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"announcing (to)",
|
|
"disclosing (to)",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"tutoring",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning",
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lettered":{
|
|
"having or displaying advanced knowledge or education":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lettered crowd is well acquainted with the author, but the average reader probably hasn't heard of him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"didactical",
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"homeschooled",
|
|
"self-educated",
|
|
"self-instructed",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"overeducated",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowledgeable",
|
|
"uninstructed",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"undereducated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unscholarly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wrote , printed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inked",
|
|
"inscribed",
|
|
"penciled",
|
|
"pencilled",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"printed",
|
|
"wrote",
|
|
"jotted (down)",
|
|
"doodled",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"scrawled",
|
|
"scribbled",
|
|
"squiggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lets go":{
|
|
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It's time to let go of the past."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"uncorks",
|
|
"unleashes",
|
|
"unlocks",
|
|
"unloosens",
|
|
"unlooses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"enfranchises",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"manumits",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"uncages",
|
|
"unchains",
|
|
"unfetters",
|
|
"unmoors",
|
|
"unshackles",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"vents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"enchains",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"hampers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"tames"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lets fly":{
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The pitcher let fly one of his famous fastballs."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"catapults",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lobs",
|
|
"lofts",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flips",
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lets up (on)":{
|
|
"as in reduces , decreases":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"mutes",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"benumbs",
|
|
"blunts",
|
|
"cauterizes",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"numbs",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers (off)",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"moderates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpens",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"deepens",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"steps up",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"stimulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"let someone know":{
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Let me know if have questions about the assignment."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clue (in)",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"fill in",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"instruct",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"verse",
|
|
"wise (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"announce (to)",
|
|
"disclose (to)",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"teach",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion",
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"let on (about)":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we agreed not to let on about our marriage plans to anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unbosom",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"bring to light",
|
|
"go public (with)",
|
|
"let the cat out of the bag (about)",
|
|
"spill the beans (about)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"leak",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"disinter",
|
|
"rake up",
|
|
"smoke out",
|
|
"unearth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lets the cat out of the bag (about)":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"lets on (about)",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unbosoms",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"unclothes",
|
|
"undrapes",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"disinters",
|
|
"rakes up",
|
|
"smokes out",
|
|
"unearths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lethargic":{
|
|
"slow to move or act":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a big meal always makes me feel lethargic and sleepy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lethal":{
|
|
"likely to cause or capable of causing death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were lucky that the snake's venom wasn't lethal , and our friend turned out to be all right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"infective",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"sublethal",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"internecine",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"alleviative",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nontoxic",
|
|
"safe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lets (someone) know":{
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Let me know if have questions about the assignment."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"clues (in)",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"fills in",
|
|
"hips",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"verses",
|
|
"wises (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"announces (to)",
|
|
"discloses (to)",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions",
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lethargically":{
|
|
"as in idly , lazily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"idly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"slothfully",
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"inanimately",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"let up":{
|
|
"a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the downpour continued for hours without letup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"deceleration",
|
|
"downshift",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rain let up just as we reached the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the windmill slowed down as the wind let up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"drop (off)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lets up":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rain let up just as we reached the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"dead-ends",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"elapses",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"winks (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"winds down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"persists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the windmill slowed down as the wind let up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"drains (away)",
|
|
"drops (off)",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"falls away",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"phases down",
|
|
"ratchets (down)",
|
|
"rachets (down)",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades (away)",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"melts (away)",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"tails (off)",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"slows (down)",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"deflates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"lengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lets on (about)":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we agreed not to let on about our marriage plans to anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unbosoms",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"unclothes",
|
|
"undrapes",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"disinters",
|
|
"rakes up",
|
|
"smokes out",
|
|
"unearths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lets down":{
|
|
"to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with my poor performance I really felt that I had let my teammates down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"dissatisfies",
|
|
"fails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bums (out)",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discontents",
|
|
"disgruntles",
|
|
"displeases",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"mocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fulfills",
|
|
"fulfils",
|
|
"gladdens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"satisfies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letter carrier":{
|
|
"a person who delivers mail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we like to leave a little gift in the mailbox around Christmas for our letter carrier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mail carrier",
|
|
"mailman",
|
|
"postie",
|
|
"postman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"postmaster",
|
|
"postmistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letting":{
|
|
"as in leave , allowing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"toleration",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"imprimatur",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"interdiction",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"no-no",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give permission to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my parents would not let me drive until I had a job and could pay for my own gas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"permitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"preventing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pensioner has begun letting rooms in her home to earn some extra money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"leasing",
|
|
"renting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chartering",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"subleasing",
|
|
"subletting",
|
|
"rack-renting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able or possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the low gravity on the moon lets you make enormous leaps and jumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"permitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"equipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"preventing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they let their kids get away with murder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"winking (at)",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"brooking",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"interfering (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"preventing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letting up":{
|
|
"as in waning , moderating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"perduring",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rain let up just as we reached the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"dead-ending",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"elapsing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"winking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"winding down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the windmill slowed down as the wind let up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"draining (away)",
|
|
"dropping (off)",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (away or down or out)",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"falling away",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"phasing down",
|
|
"ratcheting (down)",
|
|
"racheting (down)",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading (away)",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"melting (away)",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"tailing (off)",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"slowing (down)",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"deflating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letter carriers":{
|
|
"a person who delivers mail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we like to leave a little gift in the mailbox around Christmas for our letter carrier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mail carriers",
|
|
"mailmen",
|
|
"posties",
|
|
"postmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"messengers",
|
|
"postmasters",
|
|
"postmistresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"let (someone) know":{
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Let me know if have questions about the assignment."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clue (in)",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"fill in",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"instruct",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"verse",
|
|
"wise (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"announce (to)",
|
|
"disclose (to)",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"teach",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion",
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"let":{
|
|
"to give permission to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my parents would not let me drive until I had a job and could pay for my own gas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"permit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"prevent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pensioner has begun letting rooms in her home to earn some extra money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lease",
|
|
"rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"sublease",
|
|
"sublet",
|
|
"rack-rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able or possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the low gravity on the moon lets you make enormous leaps and jumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"permit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"equip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prevent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they let their kids get away with murder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"wink (at)",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"interfere (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"prevent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"artists are allowed to sell their goods in the public square without let or hindrance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stumbling block",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"blockage",
|
|
"brick wall",
|
|
"stone wall",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cumber",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"reef",
|
|
"adversity",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"hardship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"let alone":{
|
|
"to say nothing of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't have enough money for a new car, let alone a luxury sedan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"much less",
|
|
"never mind",
|
|
"still less"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"conjunction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letdowns":{
|
|
"something that disappoints":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eagerly anticipated new movie starring our favorite actor turned out to be a big letdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bringdowns",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"disappointments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticlimaxes",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"losers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"winners",
|
|
"reliefs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"let go":{
|
|
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It's time to let go of the past."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"uncork",
|
|
"unleash",
|
|
"unlock",
|
|
"unloose",
|
|
"unloosen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter",
|
|
"unmoor",
|
|
"unshackle",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"hamper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"tame"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letter-perfect":{
|
|
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actress's recitation was letter-perfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"picture-book",
|
|
"picture-perfect",
|
|
"seamless",
|
|
"unblemished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"unbruised",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"uninjured",
|
|
"unmarred",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"unfailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"malformed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"misshapen",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"reproachable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lettering":{
|
|
"as in handwriting , script":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calligraphy",
|
|
"handwriting",
|
|
"longhand",
|
|
"manuscript",
|
|
"penmanship",
|
|
"script",
|
|
"phonography",
|
|
"shorthand",
|
|
"steno",
|
|
"stenography"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"print",
|
|
"type",
|
|
"typewriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in writing , printing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inking",
|
|
"inscribing",
|
|
"penciling",
|
|
"pencilling",
|
|
"penning",
|
|
"printing",
|
|
"writing",
|
|
"jotting (down)",
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"scrawling",
|
|
"scribbling",
|
|
"squiggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letterings":{
|
|
"as in handwritings , scripts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calligraphies",
|
|
"handwritings",
|
|
"longhands",
|
|
"manuscripts",
|
|
"penmanships",
|
|
"scripts",
|
|
"phonographies",
|
|
"shorthands",
|
|
"stenographies",
|
|
"stenos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"types",
|
|
"typewritings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"let on":{
|
|
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's not half as innocent as she likes to let on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"pretend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"feint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lets":{
|
|
"to give permission to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my parents would not let me drive until I had a job and could pay for my own gas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"permits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"gives in (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"prevents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pensioner has begun letting rooms in her home to earn some extra money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"leases",
|
|
"rents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"subleases",
|
|
"sublets",
|
|
"rack-rents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able or possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the low gravity on the moon lets you make enormous leaps and jumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"enables",
|
|
"permits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"equips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prevents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they let their kids get away with murder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"winks (at)",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"gives in (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"interferes (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"prevents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"artists are allowed to sell their goods in the public square without let or hindrance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"holdbacks",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blockages",
|
|
"brick walls",
|
|
"stone walls",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"holdups",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cumbers",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"reefs",
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"hardships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letting (someone) know":{
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"briefing",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"clueing (in)",
|
|
"cluing (in)",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"filling in",
|
|
"hipping",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"versing",
|
|
"wising (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"announcing (to)",
|
|
"disclosing (to)",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"tutoring",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning",
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"letters":{
|
|
"a message on paper from one person or group to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he faithfully wrote her a letter every week they were apart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"epistles",
|
|
"memorandums",
|
|
"memoranda",
|
|
"memos",
|
|
"missives",
|
|
"notes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billets-doux",
|
|
"open letters",
|
|
"airmails",
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"electronic mails",
|
|
"e-mails",
|
|
"junk mails",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"postal cards",
|
|
"postcards",
|
|
"communications",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"encyclicals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the owner of land or housing that is rented to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is the letter of the apartment\u2014not the lessee\u2014who is responsible for basic repair and upkeep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"landlords",
|
|
"lessors",
|
|
"renters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"landladies",
|
|
"lairds",
|
|
"landholders",
|
|
"landowners",
|
|
"proprietors",
|
|
"slumlords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lessees",
|
|
"lodgers",
|
|
"roomers",
|
|
"tenants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in writes , prints":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inks",
|
|
"inscribes",
|
|
"pencils",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"writes",
|
|
"jots (down)",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"squiggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letting the cat out of the bag (about)":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"letting on (about)",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unbosoming",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"unclothing",
|
|
"undraping",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"disinterring",
|
|
"raking up",
|
|
"smoking out",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"letter":{
|
|
"a message on paper from one person or group to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he faithfully wrote her a letter every week they were apart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"epistle",
|
|
"memo",
|
|
"memorandum",
|
|
"missive",
|
|
"note"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billet-doux",
|
|
"open letter",
|
|
"airmail",
|
|
"card",
|
|
"electronic mail",
|
|
"e-mail",
|
|
"junk mail",
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"postal card",
|
|
"postcard",
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"encyclical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the owner of land or housing that is rented to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is the letter of the apartment\u2014not the lessee\u2014who is responsible for basic repair and upkeep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"landlord",
|
|
"lessor",
|
|
"renter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"landlady",
|
|
"laird",
|
|
"landholder",
|
|
"landowner",
|
|
"proprietor",
|
|
"slumlord"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lessee",
|
|
"lodger",
|
|
"roomer",
|
|
"tenant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in write , print":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ink",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"pencil",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"jot (down)",
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"squiggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"let down":{
|
|
"the emotion felt when one's expectations are not met":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum exhibit was just so-so, and we returned home with a vague sense of letdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"dissatisfaction",
|
|
"frustration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crestfallenness",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"discontentedness",
|
|
"discontentment",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"disenchantment",
|
|
"disillusionment",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejectedness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfiture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that disappoints":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eagerly anticipated new movie starring our favorite actor turned out to be a big letdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bringdown",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticlimax",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"success",
|
|
"winner",
|
|
"relief"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with my poor performance I really felt that I had let my teammates down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"dissatisfy",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum (out)",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"disgruntle",
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"mock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"gladden"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lets someone know":{
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Let me know if have questions about the assignment."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"clues (in)",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"fills in",
|
|
"hips",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"verses",
|
|
"wises (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"announces (to)",
|
|
"discloses (to)",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions",
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letting up (on)":{
|
|
"as in reducing , decreasing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"benumbing",
|
|
"blunting",
|
|
"cauterizing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering (off)",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"moderating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpening",
|
|
"whetting",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"stepping up",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"stimulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letches":{
|
|
"a strong wish for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden letch for chocolate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"thirstiness",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"impulsion",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"caco\u00ebthes",
|
|
"mania"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexual appetite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they clearly have a letch for each other, but it might not develop into anything more lasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concupiscence",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"eroticism",
|
|
"horniness",
|
|
"hots",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"lech",
|
|
"libidinousness",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"lustfulness",
|
|
"lustihood",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"salaciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"libido",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"rut",
|
|
"erotomania",
|
|
"hypersexuality",
|
|
"lecherousness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"nymphomania",
|
|
"satyriasis",
|
|
"venery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"celibacy",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"let fly":{
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The pitcher let fly one of his famous fastballs."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"loft",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letups":{
|
|
"a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the downpour continued for hours without letup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decelerations",
|
|
"downshifts",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |