dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/mor_MWT.json
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{
"morbid":{
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"a pessimist who is given to morbid introspection and thoughts of death"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"moron":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"some moron forgot to lock the doors before going home"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morons":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"some moron forgot to lock the doors before going home"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morose":{
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"those morose job seekers who have grown accustomed to rejection"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"morosely":{
"as in glumly , somberly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"morphs":{
"to take on a different shape, appearance, or state":{
"examples":[
"When it emerged from its chrysalis, the caterpillar had morphed into a striking butterfly."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"metamorphoses",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"transposes",
"transubstantiates",
"changes",
"fluctuates",
"mutates",
"shifts",
"snaps",
"varies",
"betters",
"improves",
"deteriorates",
"worsens",
"turns around"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mortarman":{
"as in gunner , rifleman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"artilleryman",
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"jarhead",
"marine",
"ranger",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"commando",
"raider",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"doughboy",
"footman",
"foot soldier",
"grunt",
"infantryman",
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"minuteman",
"carabineer",
"carabinier",
"cavalier",
"cavalryman",
"cuirassier",
"dragoon",
"counterguerrilla",
"counterguerilla",
"guerrilla",
"guerilla",
"irregular",
"paramilitary",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"servicewoman"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mortifications":{
"the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{
"examples":[
"the mortification of being dumped the night before the prom"
],
"synonyms":[
"abashments",
"confusions",
"discomfitures",
"disconcertments",
"embarrassments",
"flusters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitations",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposures",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"perturbations",
"upsets",
"disgraces",
"ignominies",
"shames",
"debasements",
"degradations",
"humiliations",
"humble pies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplombs",
"assurances",
"composures",
"confidences",
"equanimities",
"poises",
"self-confidences",
"self-possessions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mortified":{
"as in chagrined , flustered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"irritated",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perturbed",
"rattled",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gauche",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"rough-hewn",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungraceful",
"wooden",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"humiliated",
"self-conscious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"placid",
"poised",
"secure",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
"examples":[
"was mortified by her children's atrocious manners"
],
"synonyms":[
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"put off",
"put out",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"queered",
"shamed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"relieved",
"soothed",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"assured",
"reassured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"mortify":{
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
"examples":[
"was mortified by her children's atrocious manners"
],
"synonyms":[
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"nonplus",
"rattle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"put off",
"put out",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"queer",
"shame"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"comfort",
"console",
"relieve",
"soothe",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"assure",
"reassure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"morphinisms":{
"as in alcoholisms , heroinisms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alcoholisms",
"heroinisms",
"addictions",
"dependences",
"dependances",
"habits",
"joneses",
"monkeys",
"habituations",
"tolerances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moralizes":{
"as in preaches , lectures":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catechizes",
"lectures",
"preaches",
"directs",
"guides",
"leads",
"rears",
"implants",
"inculcates",
"instills",
"instils",
"drills",
"fits",
"grounds",
"habilitates",
"prepares",
"primes",
"qualifies",
"homeschools",
"coaches",
"mentors",
"edifies",
"enlightens",
"educates",
"indoctrinates",
"instructs",
"lessons",
"schools",
"teaches",
"trains",
"tutors",
"briefs",
"familiarizes",
"imparts (to)",
"informs",
"verses",
"initiates",
"introduces",
"shows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"moralizer":{
"as in preacher , lecturer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catechist",
"lecturer",
"preacher",
"intern",
"interne",
"practice teacher",
"reader",
"student teacher",
"governess",
"homeschooler",
"academe",
"academic",
"academician",
"didact",
"pedant",
"dean",
"docent",
"doctor",
"don",
"prof",
"professor",
"regius professor",
"drillmaster",
"inculcator",
"mentor",
"tutor",
"tutoress",
"coach",
"guide",
"guru",
"preparer",
"trainer",
"headmistress",
"instructress",
"mistress",
"schoolmarm",
"schoolma'am",
"schoolmistress"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in moralist , prude":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluenose",
"moralist",
"Mrs. Grundy",
"nice nelly",
"prude",
"puritan",
"wowser",
"fuddy-duddy",
"old maid",
"prig",
"spoilsport",
"stuffed shirt",
"goody-goody",
"Goody Two-shoes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immoralist",
"libertarian",
"libertine",
"misbehaver"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morphing":{
"to take on a different shape, appearance, or state":{
"examples":[
"When it emerged from its chrysalis, the caterpillar had morphed into a striking butterfly."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"metamorphosing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"transposing",
"transubstantiating",
"changing",
"fluctuating",
"mutating",
"shifting",
"snapping",
"varying",
"bettering",
"improving",
"deteriorating",
"worsening",
"turning around"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"morals":{
"the code of good conduct for an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"at issue were the doctor's professional ethics, not her private morals"
],
"synonyms":[
"ethics",
"ethos",
"morality",
"norms",
"principles",
"standards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"customs",
"dictates",
"etiquette",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"beliefs",
"dogma",
"faith",
"tenets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"mortgaging":{
"to obligate by prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"I've mortgaged all my free time this week to the hospice and won't be able to come to the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"committing",
"engaging",
"pledging",
"trothing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiancing",
"betrothing",
"plighting",
"promising",
"swearing",
"vowing",
"contracting",
"enlisting",
"enrolling",
"signing on",
"signing up",
"overcommitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reneging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"morning sickness":{
"as in altitude sickness , motion sickness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airsickness",
"altitude sickness",
"car sickness",
"motion sickness",
"mountain sickness",
"seasickness",
"qualm",
"nausea",
"nauseousness",
"qualmishness",
"queasiness",
"queerness",
"sickness",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in preached , lectured":{
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"led",
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"fit",
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"coached",
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"edified",
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"lessoned",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
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"briefed",
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"introduced",
"showed"
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"verb"
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"the death especially of large numbers of people or animals":{
"examples":[
"Tuberculosis was a leading cause of mortality back then."
],
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"dead",
"deadness",
"death",
"grave",
"lifelessness",
"nothingness",
"sleep",
"bloodletting",
"bloodshed",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"murder",
"slaying",
"genocide",
"pogrom",
"assassination",
"execution",
"bloodbath",
"butchery",
"carnage",
"death",
"holocaust",
"slaughter"
],
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"immortality",
"life span",
"lifetime",
"living",
"existence",
"life"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
"examples":[
"my herald of the morn is my cat, sticking his paw in my face to wake me up"
],
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"auroras",
"aurorae",
"cockcrows",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"daylights",
"days",
"lights",
"mornings",
"sunrises",
"suns",
"sunups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daytimes",
"forenoons"
],
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"darks",
"midnights",
"nights",
"nighttimes",
"afternoons",
"middays",
"dusks",
"evenings",
"eventides",
"gloamings",
"twilights"
],
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"nightfalls",
"sundowns",
"sunsets"
]
},
"the time from sunrise until noon":{
"examples":[
"so, how are you this lovely morn ?"
],
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"forenoons",
"mornings"
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"auroras",
"aurorae",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"daylights",
"cockcrows",
"sunrises",
"sunups",
"days",
"daytimes",
"lights"
],
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"darks",
"nights",
"nighttimes",
"twilights",
"dusks",
"evenings",
"nightfalls",
"sundowns",
"sunsets",
"afternoons"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in stupid , dumb":{
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"dumb",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"stupid",
"brash",
"graceless",
"ill-advised",
"imprudent",
"inadvisable",
"indelicate",
"indiscreet",
"injudicious",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"unwise",
"careless",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"mindless",
"thoughtless",
"ill-mannered",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"indecorous",
"unbecoming",
"uncivil",
"unseemly",
"foolish",
"harebrained",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"senseless",
"silly"
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"advisable",
"discreet",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"tactful",
"wise",
"intelligent",
"logical",
"rational",
"sensible",
"smart",
"sound",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"civil",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"morn":{
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
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"my herald of the morn is my cat, sticking his paw in my face to wake me up"
],
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"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"day",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"light",
"morning",
"sun",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daytime",
"forenoon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark",
"darkness",
"midnight",
"night",
"nighttime",
"afternoon",
"midday",
"dusk",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"twilight"
],
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"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset"
]
},
"the time from sunrise until noon":{
"examples":[
"so, how are you this lovely morn ?"
],
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"forenoon",
"morning"
],
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"aurora",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"cockcrow",
"sunrise",
"sunup",
"day",
"daytime",
"light"
],
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"dark",
"darkness",
"night",
"nighttime",
"twilight",
"dusk",
"evening",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"afternoon"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moralities":{
"conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"given his reputation for unswerving morality , scandal of any kind would wreck his political career"
],
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"character",
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"rightness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
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"high-mindedness",
"honor",
"incorruptibility",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"fitness",
"propriety",
"seemliness",
"ethics",
"morals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum",
"indiscretion",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"sinfulness",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"lowness",
"meanness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"corruption"
],
"antonyms":[
"badness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wickedness"
]
},
"the code of good conduct for an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"the morality that members of the Mafia are expected to adhere to\u2014or suffer the consequences"
],
"synonyms":[
"ethics",
"ethos",
"morals",
"norms",
"principles",
"standards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"customs",
"dictates",
"etiquette",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"beliefs",
"dogma",
"faith",
"tenets"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mortification":{
"the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{
"examples":[
"the mortification of being dumped the night before the prom"
],
"synonyms":[
"abashment",
"confusion",
"discomfiture",
"disconcertment",
"embarrassment",
"fluster"
],
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"agitation",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"perturbation",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"upset",
"disgrace",
"ignominy",
"shame",
"debasement",
"degradation",
"humiliation",
"humble pie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"composure",
"confidence",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-possession"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morning":{
"the time from sunrise until noon":{
"examples":[
"after working in the fields all morning , we were ready for a hearty lunch"
],
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"forenoon",
"morn"
],
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"aurora",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"cockcrow",
"sunrise",
"sunup",
"day",
"daytime",
"light"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark",
"darkness",
"night",
"nighttime",
"twilight",
"dusk",
"evening",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"afternoon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
"examples":[
"morning has broken"
],
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"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"day",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"light",
"morn",
"sun",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daytime",
"forenoon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark",
"darkness",
"midnight",
"night",
"nighttime",
"afternoon",
"midday",
"dusk",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"twilight"
],
"antonyms":[
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset"
]
},
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"the period when people in ancient Mesopotamia began living in cities is usually regarded as the morning of civilization"
],
"synonyms":[
"alpha",
"baseline",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing board",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one",
"creation",
"founding",
"inauguration",
"initiation",
"institution",
"origination",
"cradle",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"germ",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring",
"dawning",
"opening",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence",
"childhood",
"infancy",
"youth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessation",
"closing",
"closure",
"completion",
"finale",
"finish",
"period",
"stop",
"termination",
"windup"
],
"antonyms":[
"close",
"conclusion",
"end",
"ending",
"omega"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mortifies":{
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
"examples":[
"was mortified by her children's atrocious manners"
],
"synonyms":[
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitates",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"puts off",
"puts out",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"queers",
"shames"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"relieves",
"soothes",
"buoys",
"cheers",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"assures",
"reassures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"moralizing":{
"marked by or given to preaching moral values":{
"examples":[
"I found the novel's moralizing tone a bit much for beach reading"
],
"synonyms":[
"didactic",
"homiletic",
"homiletical",
"moralistic",
"preachy",
"sententious",
"sermonic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"prescriptive",
"admonishing",
"admonitory",
"cautionary",
"advisory",
"enlightening",
"instructive",
"holier-than-thou",
"self-righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in preaching , pontificating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pontificating",
"preaching",
"interference",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"meddling",
"exhortation",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"sermon",
"speech",
"assistance",
"briefing",
"coaching",
"direction",
"instruction",
"mentoring",
"priming",
"prompting",
"teaching",
"tutoring",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"observation",
"verdict",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"caution",
"cautioning",
"expostulation",
"forewarning",
"remonstrance",
"remonstration",
"urging",
"warning",
"advisement",
"consideration",
"thought",
"answer",
"solution",
"data",
"feedback",
"information",
"hint",
"pointer",
"tip"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in preaching , lecturing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catechizing",
"lecturing",
"preaching",
"directing",
"guiding",
"leading",
"rearing",
"implanting",
"inculcating",
"instilling",
"drilling",
"fitting",
"grounding",
"habilitating",
"preparing",
"priming",
"qualifying",
"homeschooling",
"coaching",
"mentoring",
"edifying",
"enlightening",
"educating",
"indoctrinating",
"instructing",
"lessoning",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"training",
"tutoring",
"briefing",
"familiarizing",
"imparting (to)",
"informing",
"versing",
"initiating",
"introducing",
"showing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"more or less":{
"very close to but not completely":{
"examples":[
"the lot is 16 acres more or less"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"all but",
"almost",
"borderline",
"fair",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"somewhere",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"kind of",
"partially",
"partly",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"plain",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to some degree or extent":{
"examples":[
"most couples in the survey said that they were more or less happy in their marriage"
],
"synonyms":[
"enough",
"fairly",
"kind of",
"kindly",
"like",
"moderately",
"pretty",
"quite",
"rather",
"relatively",
"something",
"somewhat",
"sort of"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptably",
"decently",
"passably",
"tolerably",
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"vaguely",
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly",
"partway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awfully",
"beastly",
"deadly",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extremely",
"frightfully",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"mightily",
"mortally",
"particularly",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"very",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"close to but not exactly":{
"examples":[
"the box weighs 60 pounds more or less"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"approximately",
"around",
"like",
"much",
"near",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"say",
"some"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generally",
"kind of",
"loosely",
"nearly",
"nominally",
"practically",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"due",
"even",
"just",
"sharp",
"smack-dab",
"squarely"
],
"antonyms":[
"exactly",
"precisely"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"mortician":{
"a person who manages funerals and prepares the dead for burial or cremation":{
"examples":[
"the mortician will take care of all of the arrangements for the funeral"
],
"synonyms":[
"funeral director",
"undertaker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embalmer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moralists":{
"a person who is greatly concerned with seemly behavior and morality especially regarding sexual matters":{
"examples":[
"a smattering of moralists around the country tried to get the songs banned from the radio"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluenoses",
"Mrs. Grundys",
"nice nellies",
"prudes",
"puritans",
"wowsers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moralizers",
"goody-goodies",
"fuddy-duddies",
"old maids",
"prigs",
"spoilsports",
"stuffed shirts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"libertarians",
"libertines",
"misbehavers"
],
"antonyms":[
"immoralists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morocco":{
"as in goatskin , calfskin":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alligator",
"antelope",
"buckskin",
"cabretta",
"calfskin",
"capeskin",
"chamois",
"cordovan",
"cowhide",
"crocodile",
"deerskin",
"doeskin",
"goatskin",
"horsehide",
"kid",
"kidskin",
"lambskin",
"ostrich",
"pigskin",
"seal",
"sharkskin",
"sheepskin",
"snakeskin",
"coat",
"fleece",
"fur",
"pelt",
"nubuck",
"patent leather",
"suede",
"hide",
"leather",
"skin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mortals":{
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"just an ordinary mortal living an ordinary life"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"beings",
"birds",
"bodies",
"bods",
"characters",
"cookies",
"creatures",
"customers",
"devils",
"ducks",
"eggs",
"faces",
"fish",
"fishes",
"guys",
"heads",
"human beings",
"humans",
"individuals",
"lives",
"men",
"parties",
"people",
"personages",
"scouts",
"slobs",
"sorts",
"souls",
"specimens",
"stiffs",
"things",
"wights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominids",
"homos",
"humanoids",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"fellowmen",
"fellows",
"neighbors",
"celebrities",
"personalities",
"selves",
"somebodies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animals",
"beasties",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"critters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moralism":{
"a tendency to care a great deal about seemly behavior and morals especially in sexual matters":{
"examples":[
"the moralism that the candidate displays on the campaign trail is seen by some as hypocritical"
],
"synonyms":[
"nice-nellyism",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Comstockery",
"old-maidishness",
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"morality",
"virtue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lechery",
"prurience",
"pruriency",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"libertarianism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moribund":{
"nearly dead":{
"examples":[
"with its run-down look and empty aisles, the grocery store appeared moribund"
],
"synonyms":[
"dying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expiring",
"fading",
"passing away",
"sinking",
"decadent",
"declining",
"deteriorating",
"dead",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"demised",
"departed",
"fallen",
"gone",
"lifeless",
"passed away",
"terminal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alive",
"animate",
"live",
"living",
"quick",
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"surviving",
"booming",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"roaring",
"thriving",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jazzy",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
"examples":[
"youngsters snickering at the moribund slang their parents were using"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
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"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"mossy",
"moth-eaten",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
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"outdated",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
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"Stone Age",
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"dead",
"defunct",
"expired",
"extinct",
"vanished",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
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"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"antique",
"dateless",
"fusty",
"musty",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
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"age-old",
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"mod",
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"up-to-date",
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"remodeled",
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"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"active",
"alive",
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"adjective"
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"as in goatskins , calfskins":{
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"antelope",
"antelopes",
"buckskins",
"cabrettas",
"calfskins",
"capeskins",
"chamois",
"chamoix",
"cordovans",
"cowhides",
"crocodiles",
"deerskins",
"doeskins",
"goatskins",
"horsehides",
"kids",
"kidskins",
"lambskins",
"ostriches",
"pigskins",
"seals",
"sharkskins",
"sheepskins",
"snakeskins",
"coats",
"fleeces",
"furs",
"pelts",
"nubucks",
"patent leathers",
"suedes",
"hides",
"leathers",
"skins"
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"noun"
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"to obligate by prior agreement":{
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"I've mortgaged all my free time this week to the hospice and won't be able to come to the party"
],
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"pledge",
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"plight",
"promise",
"swear",
"vow",
"contract",
"enlist",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"sign on",
"sign up",
"overcommit"
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"renege"
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"verb"
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"as in monosyllables , linguistic forms":{
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"linguistic forms",
"monosyllables",
"speech forms",
"expressions",
"terms",
"words",
"polysyllables",
"collocations",
"idioms",
"locutions",
"phrases",
"archaisms",
"coinages",
"colloquialisms",
"euphemisms",
"loanwords",
"modernisms",
"neologisms",
"vernacularisms"
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"noun"
]
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"a mordant review of the movie that compared it to having one's teeth pulled for two hours"
],
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"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
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"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
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"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
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"adjective"
]
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"of, relating to, or suggestive of death":{
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"the huge department store's mortuary atmosphere in its sad, last weeks of operation"
],
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"dead",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"mortal"
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"cadaverous",
"ghostlike",
"ghostly",
"phantom",
"spectral",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"lifeless",
"quiescent",
"still",
"macabre",
"baleful",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"murderous",
"pestilent"
],
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"active",
"alive",
"animate",
"breathing",
"live",
"living",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vigorous",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"able-bodied",
"chipper",
"fit",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"robust",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"to take on a different shape, appearance, or state":{
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"When it emerged from its chrysalis, the caterpillar had morphed into a striking butterfly."
],
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"metamorphosed",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"transposed",
"transubstantiated",
"changed",
"fluctuated",
"mutated",
"shifted",
"snapped",
"varied",
"bettered",
"improved",
"deteriorated",
"worsened",
"turned around"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mornings":{
"the time from sunrise until noon":{
"examples":[
"after working in the fields all morning , we were ready for a hearty lunch"
],
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"forenoons",
"morns"
],
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"auroras",
"aurorae",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"daylights",
"cockcrows",
"sunrises",
"sunups",
"days",
"daytimes",
"lights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darks",
"nights",
"nighttimes",
"twilights",
"dusks",
"evenings",
"nightfalls",
"sundowns",
"sunsets",
"afternoons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
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"morning has broken"
],
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"auroras",
"aurorae",
"cockcrows",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"daylights",
"days",
"lights",
"morns",
"sunrises",
"suns",
"sunups"
],
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"daytimes",
"forenoons"
],
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"darks",
"midnights",
"nights",
"nighttimes",
"afternoons",
"middays",
"dusks",
"evenings",
"eventides",
"gloamings",
"twilights"
],
"antonyms":[
"nightfalls",
"sundowns",
"sunsets"
]
},
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"the period when people in ancient Mesopotamia began living in cities is usually regarded as the morning of civilization"
],
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"alphas",
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing boards",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"initiations",
"institutions",
"originations",
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"openings",
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"emergences",
"childhoods",
"infancies",
"youths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closings",
"closures",
"completions",
"finales",
"finishes",
"periods",
"stops",
"terminations",
"windups"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"ends",
"omegas"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"more":{
"in addition to what has been said":{
"examples":[
"the sci-fi movie was totally unbelievable and, what's more , it was boring"
],
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"additionally",
"again",
"also",
"besides",
"either",
"further",
"furthermore",
"likewise",
"moreover",
"then",
"too",
"withal",
"yet"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to a greater or higher extent":{
"examples":[
"the boxers for this bout are more evenly matched than the last two were"
],
"synonyms":[
"better"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"resulting in an increase in amount or number":{
"examples":[
"bought more apples in order to make a bigger pie"
],
"synonyms":[
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"else",
"farther",
"fresh",
"further",
"other"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"adjunct",
"collateral",
"extraneous",
"peripheral",
"side",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"new",
"excess",
"extra",
"plus",
"spare",
"supernumerary",
"supervenient",
"surplus",
"complementary",
"contributory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fewer",
"less"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"add a little more to the mixture"
],
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"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"expansion",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"plus",
"proliferation",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"supplement",
"uptick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"gathering",
"complement",
"accession",
"appendix",
"continuation",
"extension",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"jump",
"run-up",
"spike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"depletion",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"mores":{
"personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting":{
"examples":[
"the mores of academic life as opposed to those of the business world"
],
"synonyms":[
"etiquette",
"form",
"manner",
"proprieties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amenities",
"civilities",
"pleasantries",
"bearing",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"mien",
"courtesy",
"decorum",
"mannerliness",
"politeness",
"formalities",
"protocol",
"rules",
"air",
"attitude",
"carriage",
"poise",
"polish",
"pose",
"posture",
"presence",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"way",
"wont",
"convention",
"fashion",
"mode",
"style"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"moralistic":{
"marked by or given to preaching moral values":{
"examples":[
"parental opinion was divided on the school's moralistic curriculum"
],
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"didactic",
"homiletic",
"homiletical",
"moralizing",
"preachy",
"sententious",
"sermonic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"prescriptive",
"admonishing",
"admonitory",
"cautionary",
"advisory",
"enlightening",
"instructive",
"holier-than-thou",
"self-righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"morphinism":{
"as in alcoholism , heroinism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alcoholism",
"heroinism",
"addiction",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"habit",
"jones",
"monkey",
"habituation",
"tolerance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morosity":{
"as in drear , moroseness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dismalness",
"drear",
"morbidness",
"moroseness",
"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"regret",
"rue",
"despair",
"desperation",
"hopelessness",
"self-despair",
"moodiness",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"mourning",
"somberness",
"sorrow",
"woefulness",
"melancholia",
"self-pity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"happiness",
"heaven",
"intoxication",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"satisfaction",
"delight",
"gratification"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moratorium":{
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
"examples":[
"the director of the blood bank called for a moratorium in donations until the surplus could be used up"
],
"synonyms":[
"abeyance",
"cold storage",
"deep freeze",
"doldrums",
"dormancy",
"holding pattern",
"latency",
"quiescence",
"suspended animation",
"suspense",
"suspension"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inaction",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"motionlessness",
"impasse",
"standstill",
"coma",
"hibernation",
"hypnosis",
"repose",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"torpor",
"recess",
"recession",
"remission",
"downtime",
"idleness",
"layoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recommencement",
"renewal",
"resumption",
"resuscitation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mortarmen":{
"as in gunners , riflemen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"artillerymen",
"cannoneers",
"gunners",
"musketeers",
"riflemen",
"jarheads",
"marines",
"rangers",
"archers",
"crossbowmen",
"commandos",
"commandoes",
"raiders",
"lancers",
"pikemen",
"spearmen",
"doughboys",
"footmen",
"foot soldiers",
"grunts",
"infantrymen",
"Confederates",
"Continentals",
"Federals",
"GIs",
"GI's",
"guardsmen",
"militiamen",
"minutemen",
"carabineers",
"carabiniers",
"cavaliers",
"cavalrymen",
"cuirassiers",
"dragoons",
"counterguerrillas",
"counterguerillas",
"guerrillas",
"guerillas",
"irregulars",
"paramilitaries",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"servicewomen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mordancy":{
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
"examples":[
"the surprising mordancy with which the two physicians contested each other's claim to having discovered an effective vaccine for polio"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morass":{
"something that catches and holds":{
"examples":[
"advised against becoming involved in that country's civil war, warning that escape from that morass might prove nigh impossible"
],
"synonyms":[
"entanglement",
"mesh(es)",
"net",
"noose",
"quagmire",
"quicksand",
"snare",
"tanglement",
"toil(s)",
"trap",
"web"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"cat's cradle",
"labyrinth",
"maze",
"cobweb",
"spiderweb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
"examples":[
"the distracted driver had driven his car off the road and into a morass"
],
"synonyms":[
"bog",
"fen",
"marsh",
"marshland",
"mire",
"moor",
"muskeg",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue",
"swamp",
"swampland",
"wash",
"wetland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swale",
"quagmire",
"guck",
"gook",
"muck",
"mud",
"ooze",
"slime",
"slop",
"sludge",
"slush"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morsel":{
"a small piece or quantity of food":{
"examples":[
"the chef's cuisine is so good that diners will want to savor every morsel"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"nugget",
"taste",
"tidbit",
"titbit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collop",
"medallion",
"noisette",
"nosh",
"snack",
"appetizer",
"canap\u00e9",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"bit",
"chew",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dribble",
"driblet",
"fleck",
"hint",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"pinch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"shred",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"suspicion",
"tittle",
"touch",
"trace",
"dash",
"drop",
"lap",
"lick",
"gulp",
"swallow",
"swig"
],
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"wealth"
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"dwarf",
"half-pint",
"insect",
"insignificancy",
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
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"number",
"pip-squeak",
"pygmy",
"pigmy",
"shrimp",
"snippersnapper",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
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"noncelebrity",
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"inferior",
"mediocrity",
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"figurehead",
"puppet"
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"head",
"lead",
"leader",
"celebrity",
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"notable",
"personality",
"planet",
"star",
"superstar",
"authority",
"superior",
"great power",
"party",
"power"
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"bigwig",
"eminence",
"figure",
"kahuna",
"kingpin",
"magnate",
"nabob",
"personage",
"somebody",
"VIP"
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"noun"
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"difficult",
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"impossible",
"inconvenient",
"intolerable",
"troublesome",
"unpleasant",
"unwieldy",
"awkward",
"discomfiting",
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"disturbing",
"embarrassing",
"flustering",
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"agreeable",
"comfortable",
"convenient",
"pleasing"
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"nonplusing",
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"consoling",
"relieving",
"soothing",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"assuring",
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"adjective",
"verb"
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"speech form",
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"word",
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"collocation",
"idiom",
"locution",
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"loanword",
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"neologism",
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"noun"
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"nuggets",
"tastes",
"tidbits",
"titbits"
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"medallions",
"noisettes",
"noshes",
"snacks",
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"hors d'oeuvre",
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"crumbs",
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"driblets",
"flecks",
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"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
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"scruples",
"shreds",
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"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"suspicions",
"tittles",
"touches",
"traces",
"dashes",
"drops",
"laps",
"licks",
"gulps",
"swallows",
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"examples":[
"searching for any morsel of useful information"
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"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
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"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
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"mites",
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"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
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"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
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"traces",
"whispers",
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"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
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"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
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"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
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"examples":[
"a morsel like her wouldn't last a week in the rough-and-tumble world of Wall Street"
],
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"ciphers",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"half-pints",
"insects",
"insignificancies",
"lightweights",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"nullities",
"numbers",
"pip-squeaks",
"pygmies",
"pigmies",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"snippersnappers",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-names",
"noncelebrities",
"leasts",
"inferiors",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities",
"figureheads",
"puppets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chiefs",
"heads",
"leaders",
"leads",
"celebrities",
"luminaries",
"notables",
"personalities",
"planets",
"stars",
"superstars",
"authorities",
"superiors",
"great powers",
"parties",
"powers"
],
"antonyms":[
"big shots",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"eminences",
"figures",
"kahunas",
"kingpins",
"magnates",
"nabobs",
"personages",
"somebodies",
"VIPs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a state of temporary inactivity":{
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"the director of the blood bank called for a moratorium in donations until the surplus could be used up"
],
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"abeyances",
"cold storages",
"deep freezes",
"doldrums",
"dormancies",
"holding patterns",
"latencies",
"quiescences",
"suspended animations",
"suspenses",
"suspensions"
],
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"inactions",
"inertias",
"impasses",
"standstills",
"comas",
"hibernations",
"hypnoses",
"reposes",
"rests",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"torpors",
"recesses",
"recessions",
"remissions",
"downtimes",
"layoffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recommencements",
"renewals",
"resumptions",
"resuscitations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"I'm mortally certain that I've seen that guy before"
],
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"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
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"mightily",
"mighty",
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"most",
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"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
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"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
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"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
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"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"moreover":{
"in addition to what has been said":{
"examples":[
"swimming alone is against the rules and, moreover , it's dangerous"
],
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"additionally",
"again",
"also",
"besides",
"either",
"further",
"furthermore",
"likewise",
"more",
"then",
"too",
"withal",
"yet"
],
"near synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"moralist":{
"a person who is greatly concerned with seemly behavior and morality especially regarding sexual matters":{
"examples":[
"a smattering of moralists around the country tried to get the songs banned from the radio"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluenose",
"Mrs. Grundy",
"nice nelly",
"prude",
"puritan",
"wowser"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moralizer",
"goody-goody",
"Goody Two-shoes",
"fuddy-duddy",
"old maid",
"prig",
"spoilsport",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"libertarian",
"libertine",
"misbehaver"
],
"antonyms":[
"immoralist"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morticians":{
"a person who manages funerals and prepares the dead for burial or cremation":{
"examples":[
"the mortician will take care of all of the arrangements for the funeral"
],
"synonyms":[
"funeral directors",
"undertakers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embalmers"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morality":{
"conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"given his reputation for unswerving morality , scandal of any kind would wreck his political career"
],
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"character",
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"rightness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high-mindedness",
"honor",
"incorruptibility",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"fitness",
"propriety",
"seemliness",
"ethics",
"morals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum",
"indiscretion",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"sinfulness",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"lowness",
"meanness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"corruption"
],
"antonyms":[
"badness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wickedness"
]
},
"the code of good conduct for an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"the morality that members of the Mafia are expected to adhere to\u2014or suffer the consequences"
],
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"ethics",
"ethos",
"morals",
"norms",
"principles",
"standards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"customs",
"dictates",
"etiquette",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"beliefs",
"dogma",
"faith",
"tenets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moroseness":{
"as in drear , morosity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dismalness",
"drear",
"morbidness",
"morosity",
"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"regret",
"rue",
"despair",
"desperation",
"hopelessness",
"self-despair",
"moodiness",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"mourning",
"somberness",
"sorrow",
"woefulness",
"melancholia",
"self-pity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"happiness",
"heaven",
"intoxication",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"satisfaction",
"delight",
"gratification"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morasses":{
"something that catches and holds":{
"examples":[
"advised against becoming involved in that country's civil war, warning that escape from that morass might prove nigh impossible"
],
"synonyms":[
"entanglements",
"meshes",
"nets",
"nooses",
"quagmires",
"quicksands",
"snares",
"tanglements",
"toils",
"traps",
"webs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"cat's cradles",
"labyrinths",
"mazes",
"cobwebs",
"spiderwebs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
"examples":[
"the distracted driver had driven his car off the road and into a morass"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogs",
"fens",
"marshes",
"marshlands",
"mires",
"moors",
"muskegs",
"sloughs",
"slews",
"slues",
"swamplands",
"swamps",
"washes",
"wetlands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swales",
"quagmires",
"gucks",
"gooks",
"muck",
"muds",
"oozes",
"slimes",
"slop",
"sludges",
"slush"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moratoria":{
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
"examples":[
"the director of the blood bank called for a moratorium in donations until the surplus could be used up"
],
"synonyms":[
"abeyances",
"cold storages",
"deep freezes",
"doldrums",
"dormancies",
"holding patterns",
"latencies",
"quiescences",
"suspended animations",
"suspenses",
"suspensions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inactions",
"inertias",
"impasses",
"standstills",
"comas",
"hibernations",
"hypnoses",
"reposes",
"rests",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"torpors",
"recesses",
"recessions",
"remissions",
"downtimes",
"layoffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recommencements",
"renewals",
"resumptions",
"resuscitations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morality plays":{
"as in tales , narratives":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"legends",
"mythologies",
"myths",
"narratives",
"tales",
"allegories",
"apologues",
"fables",
"parables",
"beast fables",
"bestiaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moral":{
"conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue":{
"examples":[
"the kind of moral behavior that is expected of everyone in the parish's youth organization"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"nice",
"right",
"right-minded",
"righteous",
"straight",
"true",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"high-minded",
"noble",
"principled",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"exemplary",
"legitimate",
"esteemed",
"law-abiding",
"menschy",
"reputable",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy",
"blameless",
"clean",
"guiltless",
"immaculate",
"incorrupt",
"incorrupted",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"unobjectionable",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"lily-white",
"pure",
"scrupulous",
"spotless",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"goody-goody",
"moralistic",
"pharisaical",
"rectitudinous",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"villainous",
"base",
"low",
"mean",
"vicious",
"vile",
"blameworthy",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"evil",
"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
]
},
"guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"a moral decision to refrain from sexual relations until after marriage"
],
"synonyms":[
"conscientious",
"conscionable",
"ethical",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"principled",
"scrupulous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decent",
"good",
"righteous",
"right-minded",
"straight",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"dutiful",
"observant",
"respectful",
"overconscientious",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"solid",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty",
"esteemed",
"law-abiding",
"reputable",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"evil",
"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"villainous",
"base",
"low",
"mean",
"vicious",
"vile",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious"
],
"antonyms":[
"cutthroat",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"immoral",
"unconscionable",
"unethical",
"unjust",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous"
]
},
"as in value , norm":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"norm",
"value",
"precept",
"principle",
"rule",
"standard",
"tenet",
"hypothesis",
"proposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"axiom",
"truism",
"verity",
"belief",
"canon",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"gospel",
"law",
"basis",
"foundation",
"ground",
"conclusion",
"deduction",
"inference",
"affirmation",
"assertion",
"avouchment",
"declaration",
"dictum",
"ipse dixit",
"assumption",
"given",
"hypothetical",
"if",
"postulate",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"supposition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"moralizers":{
"as in preachers , lecturers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catechists",
"lecturers",
"preachers",
"interns",
"internes",
"practice teachers",
"readers",
"student teachers",
"governesses",
"homeschoolers",
"academes",
"academicians",
"academics",
"didacts",
"pedants",
"deans",
"docents",
"doctors",
"dons",
"professors",
"profs",
"regius professors",
"drillmasters",
"inculcators",
"mentors",
"tutoresses",
"tutors",
"coaches",
"guides",
"gurus",
"preparers",
"trainers",
"headmistresses",
"instructresses",
"mistresses",
"schoolmarms",
"schoolma'ams",
"schoolmistresses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in moralists , prudes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluenoses",
"moralists",
"Mrs. Grundys",
"nice nellies",
"prudes",
"puritans",
"wowsers",
"fuddy-duddies",
"old maids",
"prigs",
"spoilsports",
"stuffed shirts",
"goody-goodies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immoralists",
"libertarians",
"libertines",
"misbehavers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mortgages":{
"to obligate by prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"I've mortgaged all my free time this week to the hospice and won't be able to come to the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"commits",
"engages",
"pledges",
"troths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiances",
"betroths",
"plights",
"promises",
"swears",
"vows",
"contracts",
"enlists",
"enrolls",
"enrols",
"signs on",
"signs up",
"overcommits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reneges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"morbidness":{
"as in drear , moroseness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dismalness",
"drear",
"moroseness",
"morosity",
"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"regret",
"rue",
"despair",
"desperation",
"hopelessness",
"self-despair",
"moodiness",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"mourning",
"somberness",
"sorrow",
"woefulness",
"melancholia",
"self-pity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"happiness",
"heaven",
"intoxication",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"satisfaction",
"delight",
"gratification"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mortal":{
"likely to cause or capable of causing death":{
"examples":[
"a mortal wound"
],
"synonyms":[
"baleful",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"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"
]
},
"of, relating to, or suggestive of death":{
"examples":[
"a wounded soldier writhing in mortal agony"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"mortuary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cadaverous",
"ghostlike",
"ghostly",
"phantom",
"spectral",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"lifeless",
"quiescent",
"still",
"macabre",
"baleful",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"murderous",
"pestilent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"active",
"alive",
"animate",
"breathing",
"live",
"living",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vigorous",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"able-bodied",
"chipper",
"fit",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"robust",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"relating to or characteristic of human beings":{
"examples":[
"just an ordinary guy with all the usual mortal limitations"
],
"synonyms":[
"earthborn",
"human",
"natural"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anthropoid",
"creatural",
"hominid",
"humanlike",
"humanoid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angelic",
"angelical",
"divine",
"godlike",
"preternatural",
"superhuman",
"supernatural",
"supernormal",
"immortal",
"omnipotent",
"omniscient",
"animal",
"beastly",
"bestial",
"brute",
"infrahuman",
"inhuman",
"robotic",
"subhuman"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonhuman"
]
},
"marked by opposition or ill will":{
"examples":[
"have always had a mortal aversion to narcissistic people"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversarial",
"adversary",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"jaundiced",
"negative",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adverse",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"clashing",
"combative",
"conflicting",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"militant",
"opposed",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"resisting",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"biased",
"prejudiced",
"discourteous",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"surly",
"uncivil",
"unfavorable",
"unkind",
"unmannerly",
"unpleasant",
"unsociable",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"opprobrious",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"unloving",
"vindictive",
"virulent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"civil",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"convivial",
"cordial",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"gregarious",
"neighborly",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"social",
"warm",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"kind",
"kindly",
"loving",
"nice",
"sweet",
"accepting",
"agreeable",
"approving",
"benign",
"empathetic",
"favorable",
"understanding",
"warmhearted",
"welcoming"
],
"antonyms":[
"friendly",
"hospitable",
"nonantagonistic",
"nonhostile",
"sympathetic"
]
},
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"just an ordinary mortal living an ordinary life"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominid",
"homo",
"humanoid",
"brother",
"fellow",
"fellowman",
"neighbor",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"self",
"somebody"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"critter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"morph":{
"to take on a different shape, appearance, or state":{
"examples":[
"When it emerged from its chrysalis, the caterpillar had morphed into a striking butterfly."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"metamorphose",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"transpose",
"transubstantiate",
"change",
"fluctuate",
"mutate",
"shift",
"snap",
"vary",
"better",
"improve",
"deteriorate",
"worsen",
"turn around"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mortalities":{
"the death especially of large numbers of people or animals":{
"examples":[
"Tuberculosis was a leading cause of mortality back then."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dead",
"deaths",
"graves",
"sleeps",
"bloodlettings",
"bloodsheds",
"foul play",
"homicides",
"killings",
"manslaughters",
"murders",
"slayings",
"genocides",
"pogroms",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"bloodbaths",
"butcheries",
"carnages",
"deaths",
"holocausts",
"slaughters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immortalities",
"life spans",
"lifetimes",
"livings",
"existences",
"lives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morality play":{
"as in tale , narrative":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"legend",
"myth",
"mythology",
"narrative",
"tale",
"allegory",
"apologue",
"fable",
"parable",
"beast fable",
"bestiary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"morally":{
"with purity of thought and deed":{
"examples":[
"a politician who is in the habit of acting legally without behaving morally"
],
"synonyms":[
"chastely",
"innocently",
"modestly",
"purely",
"righteously",
"virtuously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decently",
"decorously",
"properly",
"priggishly",
"primly",
"prudishly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indecently",
"obscenely",
"vulgarly",
"lasciviously",
"lewdly",
"lustfully"
],
"antonyms":[
"evilly",
"immorally",
"impurely",
"sinfully",
"wickedly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"moralize":{
"as in preach , lecture":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catechize",
"lecture",
"preach",
"direct",
"guide",
"lead",
"rear",
"implant",
"inculcate",
"instill",
"instil",
"drill",
"fit",
"ground",
"habilitate",
"prepare",
"prime",
"qualify",
"homeschool",
"coach",
"mentor",
"edify",
"enlighten",
"educate",
"indoctrinate",
"instruct",
"lesson",
"school",
"teach",
"train",
"tutor",
"brief",
"familiarize",
"impart (to)",
"inform",
"verse",
"initiate",
"introduce",
"show"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mortgaged":{
"to obligate by prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"I've mortgaged all my free time this week to the hospice and won't be able to come to the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"committed",
"engaged",
"pledged",
"trothed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affianced",
"betrothed",
"plighted",
"promised",
"swore",
"vowed",
"contracted",
"enlisted",
"enrolled",
"signed on",
"signed up",
"overcommitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reneged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}