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2663 lines
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{
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"virgins":{
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"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
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"examples":[
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"a virgin in the world of comedy clubs, he's still learning to deal with hecklers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abecedarians",
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"apprentices",
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"babes",
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"beginners",
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"colts",
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"cubs",
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"fledglings",
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"freshmen",
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"greenhorns",
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"neophytes",
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"newbies",
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"newcomers",
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"novices",
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"novitiates",
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"punks",
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"recruits",
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"rookies",
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"rooks",
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"tenderfeet",
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"tenderfoots",
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"tyros"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"boots",
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"amateurs",
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"dabblers",
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"dilettantes",
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"dilettanti",
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"learners",
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"students",
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"trainees",
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"candidates",
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"entrants",
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"probationers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"experts",
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"masters",
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"professionals",
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"pros"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"old hands",
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"old-timers",
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"veterans",
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"vets"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"viridity":{
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"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
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"examples":[
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"a heroine beset by the vacuous viridity that is so typical of romance novels"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artlessness",
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"greenness",
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"guilelessness",
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"ingenuousness",
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"innocence",
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"naiveness",
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"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
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"naivete",
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"naivet\u00e9",
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"naivety",
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"na\u00efvety",
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"naturalness",
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"simplemindedness",
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"simpleness",
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"simplicity",
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"unsophistication",
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"unworldliness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"candor",
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"frankness",
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"genuineness",
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"honesty",
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"openness",
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"sincerity",
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"straightforwardness",
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"unaffectedness",
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"unpretentiousness",
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"callowness",
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"childishness",
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"coltishness",
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"inexperience",
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"rawness",
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"insularity",
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"parochialism",
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"provincialism",
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"carelessness",
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"heedlessness",
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"thoughtlessness",
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"ignorance",
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"obliviousness",
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"unawareness",
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"credulity",
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"credulousness",
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"gullibility",
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"impressionability",
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"idealism",
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"impracticality",
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"optimism"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"affectedness",
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"artificiality",
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"pretentiousness",
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"deviousness",
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"dishonesty",
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"insincerity",
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"disbelief",
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"doubtfulness",
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"incredulity",
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"suspiciousness",
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"carefulness",
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"caution",
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"street smarts",
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"wariness",
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"pessimism",
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"skepticism",
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"maturity"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"artfulness",
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"cynicism",
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"knowingness",
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"sophistication",
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"worldliness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"virile":{
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"of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men":{
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"examples":[
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"men were once expected to be interested only in such virile activities as hunting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"male",
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"man-size",
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"man-sized",
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"manlike",
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"manly",
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"mannish",
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"masculine"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hairy-chested",
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"hypermasculine",
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"macho",
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"ultramasculine",
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"boyish",
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"hoydenish",
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"tomboyish",
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"Amazonian",
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"butch"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"metrosexual",
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"unmacho",
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"effeminate",
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"girlish",
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"sissified",
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"sissy",
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"feminine",
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"womanish",
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"womanlike",
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"womanly",
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"emasculated",
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"impotent",
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"weakened",
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"androgynous",
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"neuter"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unmanly",
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"unmasculine"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"virility":{
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"the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of men":{
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"examples":[
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"many cultures value virility as a sign of power"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"machismo",
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"macho",
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"manhood",
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"manliness",
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"masculinity"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"maleness",
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"boyishness",
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"mannishness",
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"tomboyishness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"girlishness",
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"femaleness",
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"girlhood",
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"maidenhood",
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"effeminacy",
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"effeteness",
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"emasculation"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"femininity",
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"muliebrity",
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"womanhood",
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"womanliness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"virtueless":{
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"as in evil , immoral":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"evil",
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"immoral",
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"iniquitous",
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"reprobate",
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"unrighteous",
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"wicked",
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"lascivious",
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"lecherous",
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"lewd",
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"libidinous",
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"lickerish",
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"lustful",
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"oversexed",
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"unchaste",
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"corrupt",
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"debased",
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"debauched",
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"degenerate",
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"depraved",
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"dissolute",
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"erring",
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"fallen",
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"lost",
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"perverted",
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"impure",
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"peccant",
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"sinful",
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"sinning",
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"condemned",
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"damned"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"impeccable",
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"innocent",
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"pure",
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"sinless",
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"white",
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"chaste",
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"moral",
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"virgin",
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"virtuous",
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"immaculate",
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"spotless",
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"unblemished",
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"unstained",
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"unsullied"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"virtues":{
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"a quality that gives something special worth":{
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"examples":[
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"the virtue of wool as a clothing material is that it can provide insulation from the cold even when wet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cardinal virtues",
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"distinctions",
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"excellences",
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"excellencies",
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"graces",
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"merits",
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"values"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"advantages",
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"edges",
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"pluses",
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"plusses",
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"superiorities"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blemishes",
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"defects",
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"failings",
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"faults",
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"flaws",
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"drawbacks",
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"minuses",
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"negatives"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"deficiencies",
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"demerits",
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"disvalues"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"virtuous":{
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"conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue":{
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"examples":[
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"virtuous behavior is its own reward"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"all right",
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"decent",
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"ethical",
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"good",
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"honest",
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"honorable",
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"just",
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"moral",
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"nice",
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"right",
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"right-minded",
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"righteous",
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"straight",
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"true",
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"upright"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"correct",
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"decorous",
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"proper",
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"seemly",
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"high-minded",
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"noble",
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"principled",
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"commendable",
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"creditable",
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"exemplary",
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"legitimate",
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"esteemed",
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"law-abiding",
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"menschy",
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"reputable",
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"respected",
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"upstanding",
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"worthy",
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"blameless",
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"clean",
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"guiltless",
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"immaculate",
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"incorrupt",
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"incorrupted",
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"incorruptible",
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"innocent",
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"inoffensive",
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"irreproachable",
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"unobjectionable",
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"angelic",
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"angelical",
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"lily-white",
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"pure",
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"scrupulous",
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"spotless",
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"uncorrupted",
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"unerring",
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"goody-goody",
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"moralistic",
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"pharisaical",
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"rectitudinous",
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"sanctimonious",
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"self-righteous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"improper",
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"incorrect",
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"indecorous",
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"naughty",
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"unbecoming",
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"unseemly",
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"corrupt",
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"debased",
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"debauched",
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"degenerate",
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"depraved",
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"dissolute",
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"libertine",
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"perverted",
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"reprobate",
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"unprincipled",
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"unscrupulous",
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"atrocious",
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"infamous",
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"villainous",
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"base",
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"low",
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"mean",
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"vicious",
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"vile",
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"blameworthy",
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"objectionable",
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"offensive",
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"iniquitous",
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"nefarious",
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"errant",
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"erring",
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"fallen"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bad",
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"dishonest",
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"dishonorable",
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"evil",
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"evil-minded",
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"immoral",
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"indecent",
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"sinful",
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"unethical",
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"unrighteous",
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"wicked",
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"wrong"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"virtuousness":{
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"conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{
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"examples":[
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"once a cleric's virtuousness is seriously called into doubt, he loses his authority as a moral leader"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"character",
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"decency",
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"goodness",
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"honesty",
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"integrity",
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"morality",
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"probity",
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"rectitude",
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"righteousness",
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"rightness",
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"uprightness",
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"virtue"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"high-mindedness",
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"honor",
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"incorruptibility",
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"irreproachability",
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"irreproachableness",
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"right-mindedness",
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"scrupulosity",
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"scrupulousness",
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"appropriateness",
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"correctness",
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"decorousness",
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"decorum",
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"etiquette",
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"fitness",
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"propriety",
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"seemliness",
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"ethics",
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"morals"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"impropriety",
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"indecency",
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"indecorum",
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"indiscretion",
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"debauchery",
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"degeneracy",
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"degradation",
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"depravity",
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"perversion",
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"pervertedness",
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"sinfulness",
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"crookedness",
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"dishonesty",
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"underhandedness",
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"unscrupulousness",
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"lowness",
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"meanness",
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"viciousness",
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"vileness",
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"corruption"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"badness",
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"evil",
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"evildoing",
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"immorality",
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"iniquity",
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"sin",
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"villainy",
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"wickedness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"virgin":{
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"never having had sexual relations":{
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"examples":[
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"encouraged the virgin youths to remain chaste"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"maiden",
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"virginal"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chaste",
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"modest",
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"pure",
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"vestal",
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"innocent",
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"untouched",
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"abstinent",
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"celibate",
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"continent",
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"unmarried",
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"unwed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"being in an original and unused or unspoiled state":{
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"examples":[
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"the state's only remaining virgin forest"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brand-new",
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"fresh",
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"mint",
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"pristine",
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"span-new",
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"virginal"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"unaltered",
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"unblemished",
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"unbruised",
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"uncontaminated",
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"undamaged",
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"undefiled",
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"unharmed",
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"unhurt",
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"unimpaired",
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"uninjured",
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"unmarred",
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"unpolluted",
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"unsoiled",
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"unspoiled",
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"unsullied",
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"untainted",
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"untouched",
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"unworn",
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"new",
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"spick-and-span",
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"spic-and-span"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blemished",
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"broken",
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"bruised",
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"damaged",
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"defaced",
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"defiled",
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"disfigured",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"marred",
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"soiled",
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"sullied",
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"tainted",
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"faded",
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"shopworn",
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"used",
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"well-worn",
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"worn",
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"contaminated",
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"polluted",
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"spoiled",
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"hand-me-down",
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"secondhand"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"stale"
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]
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},
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"free from any trace of the coarse or indecent":{
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"examples":[
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"his photographs of nudes have such a virgin purity about them that only a prude would find them objectionable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chaste",
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"clean",
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"decent",
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"G-rated",
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"immaculate",
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"modest",
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"pure",
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"vestal",
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"virginal"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lily-white",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
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"unblemished",
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"undefiled",
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"unsoiled",
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"unspotted",
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"unstained",
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"unsullied",
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"untainted",
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"untarnished",
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"decorous",
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"proper",
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"seemly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unrefined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"unchaste",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"existing without human habitation or cultivation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a vast expanse of virgin territory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"untamed",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"native",
|
|
"uninhabited",
|
|
"unpeopled",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"untended",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"undeveloped",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"howling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhabited",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"seminatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"tamed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coming before all others in time or order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the political analyst's virgin effort at a cloak-and-dagger thriller"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earliest",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"headmost",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"leadoff",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"premier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"previous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"subsequent",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"penultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"final",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"latter",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"ultimate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a virgin in the world of comedy clubs, he's still learning to deal with hecklers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abecedarian",
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"fledgling",
|
|
"freshman",
|
|
"greenhorn",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"newbie",
|
|
"newcomer",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"novitiate",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"rookie",
|
|
"tenderfoot",
|
|
"tyro"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"learner",
|
|
"student",
|
|
"trainee",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"entrant",
|
|
"probationer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"old hand",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"vet",
|
|
"veteran"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtually":{
|
|
"very close to but not completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fell in love with a man who was virtually penniless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"all but",
|
|
"almost",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"feckly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"somewhere",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtuality":{
|
|
"as in potentiality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"inexistence",
|
|
"nonbeing",
|
|
"nonexistence",
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"unreality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"corporality",
|
|
"corporeality",
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"subsistence",
|
|
"thingness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"realness",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"life"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtuosos":{
|
|
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a violin virtuoso"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"cognoscenti",
|
|
"connoisseurs",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dab hands",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hotshots",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mavens",
|
|
"mavins",
|
|
"meisters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"proficients",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharps",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"consultants",
|
|
"hired guns",
|
|
"specialists",
|
|
"addicts",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"craftsmen",
|
|
"journeymen",
|
|
"all-rounders",
|
|
"jacks-of-all-trades",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"mistresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"beginners",
|
|
"neophytes",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"nonprofessionals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"inexperts",
|
|
"nonexperts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtuoso":{
|
|
"accomplished with trained ability":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a virtuoso performance of a piano concerto"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"bravura",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"workmanlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"artistic",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a virtuoso director, he is known for using every resource and technique known to film to tell a story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"workmanlike",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"multiskilled",
|
|
"multitalented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitted",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"would-be",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a violin virtuoso"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dab hand",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hotshot",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"meister",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"consultant",
|
|
"hired gun",
|
|
"specialist",
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"craftsman",
|
|
"journeyman",
|
|
"all-rounder",
|
|
"jack-of-all-trades",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"mistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"nonprofessional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"nonexpert"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virulently":{
|
|
"in a mean or spiteful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an organization that is even more virulently bigoted than others of its kind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"cattily",
|
|
"despitefully",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"malevolently",
|
|
"maliciously",
|
|
"malignantly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"spitefully",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"villainously",
|
|
"wickedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"deprecatingly",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"acrimoniously",
|
|
"antagonistically",
|
|
"caustically",
|
|
"envyingly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"invidiously",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"rancorously",
|
|
"venomously",
|
|
"vindictively",
|
|
"vituperatively",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"enviously",
|
|
"jealously",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"balefully",
|
|
"caddishly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"evil-mindedly",
|
|
"felly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"kindlessly",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"soullessly",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"ungraciously",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"ill-naturedly",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"diabolically",
|
|
"fiendishly",
|
|
"misanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"feelingly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"sensitively",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"solicitously",
|
|
"soulfully",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"angelically",
|
|
"divinely",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"tenderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"kindly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtu":{
|
|
"as in ephemera , curiosa":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosa",
|
|
"ephemera",
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"rarity",
|
|
"found object",
|
|
"objet trouv\u00e9",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"rara avis",
|
|
"rare bird",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virulency":{
|
|
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the virulency of his critical judgments became the stuff of Broadway legend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"acidness",
|
|
"acridity",
|
|
"acridness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"corrosiveness",
|
|
"mordancy",
|
|
"tartness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtus":{
|
|
"as in trumperies , bijouteries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bijouteries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"gimcrackeries",
|
|
"trinketries",
|
|
"trumperies",
|
|
"baubles",
|
|
"bibelots",
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"gauds",
|
|
"gewgaws",
|
|
"geegaws",
|
|
"gimcracks",
|
|
"kickshaws",
|
|
"knickknacks",
|
|
"nicknacks",
|
|
"novelties",
|
|
"ornamentals",
|
|
"tchotchkes",
|
|
"trinkets",
|
|
"bagatelles",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"figurines",
|
|
"objets d'art",
|
|
"objets",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"keepsakes",
|
|
"mementos",
|
|
"mementoes",
|
|
"souvenirs",
|
|
"conversation pieces",
|
|
"collectibles",
|
|
"collectables",
|
|
"collector's items"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virago":{
|
|
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fairy tales that typically portray stepmothers as viragoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle-ax",
|
|
"battle-axe",
|
|
"dragon lady",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"harpy",
|
|
"harridan",
|
|
"shrew",
|
|
"termagant",
|
|
"vixen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fishwife",
|
|
"gorgon",
|
|
"carper",
|
|
"castigator",
|
|
"caviler",
|
|
"caviller",
|
|
"censurer",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"railer",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"pettifogger",
|
|
"quibbler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virginity":{
|
|
"as in honor , innocence":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"celibacy",
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"continence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"venery",
|
|
"wenching",
|
|
"whoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"viragoes":{
|
|
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fairy tales that typically portray stepmothers as viragoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle-axes",
|
|
"dragon ladies",
|
|
"furies",
|
|
"harpies",
|
|
"harridans",
|
|
"shrews",
|
|
"termagants",
|
|
"vixens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fishwifes",
|
|
"fishwives",
|
|
"gorgons",
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"castigators",
|
|
"cavilers",
|
|
"cavillers",
|
|
"censurers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"railers",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"quibblers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"viragos":{
|
|
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fairy tales that typically portray stepmothers as viragoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle-axes",
|
|
"dragon ladies",
|
|
"furies",
|
|
"harpies",
|
|
"harridans",
|
|
"shrews",
|
|
"termagants",
|
|
"vixens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fishwifes",
|
|
"fishwives",
|
|
"gorgons",
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"castigators",
|
|
"cavilers",
|
|
"cavillers",
|
|
"censurers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"railers",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"quibblers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virulent":{
|
|
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the virulent look on her face warned me that she was about to say something unkind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bitchy",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vicious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"scoundrelly",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"snakelike",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"jealous",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mean-spirited",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"snotty",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"venomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"amorous",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"unmalicious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtuosic":{
|
|
"as in virtuoso , masterful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"ambidextrous",
|
|
"versatile",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"dilettantish",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"curbstone",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"uninitiated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virus":{
|
|
"as in disease , cancer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cancer",
|
|
"contagion",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"fungicide",
|
|
"germicide",
|
|
"herbicide",
|
|
"insecticide",
|
|
"microbicide",
|
|
"pesticide",
|
|
"toxicant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"antivenin",
|
|
"antivenom",
|
|
"mithridate",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"panacea"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtue":{
|
|
"a quality that gives something special worth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the virtue of wool as a clothing material is that it can provide insulation from the cold even when wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cardinal virtue",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"excellency",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"merit",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"superiority"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"negative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"demerit",
|
|
"disvalue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lady of honor and virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a military hero whose virtue inspired a nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"daringness",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"gutsiness",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"heroism",
|
|
"intestinal fortitude",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"pecker",
|
|
"prowess",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"valor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pluckiness",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cojones",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"dastardliness",
|
|
"poltroonery",
|
|
"spinelessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtuosi":{
|
|
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a violin virtuoso"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"cognoscenti",
|
|
"connoisseurs",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dab hands",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hotshots",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mavens",
|
|
"mavins",
|
|
"meisters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"proficients",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharps",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"consultants",
|
|
"hired guns",
|
|
"specialists",
|
|
"addicts",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"craftsmen",
|
|
"journeymen",
|
|
"all-rounders",
|
|
"jacks-of-all-trades",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"mistresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"beginners",
|
|
"neophytes",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"nonprofessionals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"inexperts",
|
|
"nonexperts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virulence":{
|
|
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was surprised by the virulence of the criticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"acidness",
|
|
"acridity",
|
|
"acridness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"corrosiveness",
|
|
"mordancy",
|
|
"tartness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtuosity":{
|
|
"great ability or skill shown by a musician, performer, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her virtuosity on the piano is amazing."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"IQ",
|
|
"mastership",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"fluency",
|
|
"literacy",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"skill(s)",
|
|
"acquaintance",
|
|
"familiarity",
|
|
"intimacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"illiteracy",
|
|
"unfamiliarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"viruses":{
|
|
"as in diseases , cancers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cancers",
|
|
"contagions",
|
|
"diseases",
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"toxics",
|
|
"toxins",
|
|
"venoms",
|
|
"fungicides",
|
|
"germicides",
|
|
"herbicides",
|
|
"insecticides",
|
|
"microbicides",
|
|
"pesticides",
|
|
"toxicants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antidotes",
|
|
"antivenins",
|
|
"antivenoms",
|
|
"mithridates",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"elixirs",
|
|
"panaceas"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtuously":{
|
|
"with purity of thought and deed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lived simply and virtuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chastely",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"morally",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"righteously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"properly",
|
|
"priggishly",
|
|
"primly",
|
|
"prudishly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"vulgarly",
|
|
"lasciviously",
|
|
"lewdly",
|
|
"lustfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"evilly",
|
|
"immorally",
|
|
"impurely",
|
|
"sinfully",
|
|
"wickedly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtuosities":{
|
|
"great ability or skill shown by a musician, performer, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her virtuosity on the piano is amazing."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facilities",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"IQs",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"masterships",
|
|
"proficiencies",
|
|
"fluencies",
|
|
"literacies",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"expertises",
|
|
"know-hows",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"skills",
|
|
"acquaintances",
|
|
"familiarities",
|
|
"intimacies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incompetences",
|
|
"incompetencies",
|
|
"ignorances",
|
|
"illiteracies",
|
|
"unfamiliarities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virtual":{
|
|
"very close to being something without actually being it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Even after twenty years living on the same street the reclusive man was still a virtual stranger to his neighbors."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"so-called",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"ostensible",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"seeming",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"cognate",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"connate",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"corresponding",
|
|
"ditto",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"resemblant",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"suchlike",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"approximating",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"fungible",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"interchangeable",
|
|
"selfsame",
|
|
"substitutable",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"titular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"true"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"virginal":{
|
|
"being in an original and unused or unspoiled state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the state's few remaining tracts of virginal prairie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"span-new",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unaltered",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"unbruised",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unharmed",
|
|
"unhurt",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"uninjured",
|
|
"unmarred",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"unworn",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"bruised",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"well-worn",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"secondhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stale"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"never having had sexual relations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a virginal girl who would not permit any liberties to be taken with her body"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"vestal",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"celibate",
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"unmarried",
|
|
"unwed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from any trace of the coarse or indecent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the romance between the young boy and girl is portrayed with virginal innocence that is touching in this day and age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"vestal",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lily-white",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untarnished",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blemished",
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"defiled",
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"soiled",
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"spotted",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"tainted",
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"tarnished",
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"improper",
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"indecorous",
|
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"indelicate",
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"ribald",
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"unseemly",
|
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"crude",
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"tacky",
|
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"tasteless",
|
|
"unrefined"
|
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],
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"antonyms":[
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|
"coarse",
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|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"unchaste",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
]
|
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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}
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} |